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Definition(s) for: 龙争虎斗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
龙争虎斗 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu - lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants

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
- - 44,127 63,850 56,951

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
龙 lóng- surname Long
龙 lóng- Chinese dragon; loong
- (fig.) emperor
- dragon
- (bound form) dinosaur
争 zhēng- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
虎 hǔ- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
斗 dǒu- abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
斗 dǒu- dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
- decaliter
- peck
- cup or dipper shaped object
- old variant of 陡[dou3]
斗 dòu- to fight
- to struggle
- to condemn
- to censure
- to contend
- to put together
- coming together
斗 dòu- variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

Other Words Containing 龙争虎斗

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
龙争虎斗 - - 44,127 63,850 56,951