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Definition(s) for: 争名夺利

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
争名夺利 zhēng míng duó lì - to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
- only interested in personal gain

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 54,214 101,256 71,537

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhēng- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
duó- to seize
- to take away forcibly
- to wrest control of
- to compete or strive for
- to force one's way through
- to leave out
- to lose
- surname Li
- sharp
- favorable
- advantage
- benefit
- profit
- interest
- to do good to
- to benefit

Other Words Containing 争名夺利

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
争名夺利 - - 54,214 101,256 71,537