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争斗

zhēng dòu

2-character word Traditional 爭鬥

What 争斗 means

1. to struggle
2. to fight
3. struggle

The characters in 争斗

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 斗dòuto fight; to struggle; to condemn

Example sentences

• 狮子为了得到食物相互争斗。
  Shīzi wèile dédào shíwù xiānghù zhēngdòu.
  The lions fought with each other to get food.
• 若有人争斗，一人以石头或拳头打了邻人，虽未致死，却使其卧床不起：若其后能起身、扶杖行走于外，则打人者可免于刑责，但须赔偿对方因此耽误的工钱，并承担其医治的费用。
  If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.