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相爭

简相争 · 繁相爭

Mandarin · pinyin xiāng zhēng

to vie against one another
to fight each other
mutual aggression

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相: xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
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争: zhēng · dispute, fight, contend, strive

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1–1 · xiang1 zheng1

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verb

to conflict; to contend; to fight each other for
(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Penang Hokkien, dialectal Eastern Min and Wu) to quarrel; to argue; to dispute

noun

contention; discord

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