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争权夺利

zhēng quán duó lì

4-character word Traditional 爭權奪利

What 争权夺利 means

1. scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

The characters in 争权夺利

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 权quánauthority; power; right
• 夺duóto seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

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