群雄逐鹿

Mandarin · pinyin qún xióng zhú lù

Meanings

  1. great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
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群
qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
雄
xióng · male of species; hero; manly
逐
zhú · chase, expel; one by one
鹿
lù · deer; surname; Kangxi radical 198
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2–2–2–4 · qun2 xiong2 zhu2 lu4

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kwan4 hung4 zuk6 luk2

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群雄逐鹿 · qun2 xiong2 zhu2 lu4
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Exact source record群雄逐鹿 群雄逐鹿 [qun2 xiong2 zhu2 lu4] /great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy/