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争得

zhēng dé

2-character word Traditional 爭得

What 争得 means

1. to obtain by an effort
2. to strive to get sth

The characters in 争得

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

Example sentences

• 这两个人因意见不合，而争得面红耳赤不欢而散。
  Zhè liǎng gè rén yīn yìjiàn bù hé, ér zhēng de miànhóng-ěrchì bùhuān-érsàn.
  Due to differing opinions between the two, they argued angrily, before leaving unhappily.

Sounds the same

Read zhēng dé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 征得to obtain (permission etc)