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HSK
to strive; to struggle
HSK 4
to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斗* | 斗* | *斗
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星
a struggle / fight / battle
HSK 6
(idiom) extremely angry; infuriated
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
to have a fist fight / fist fight / brawl
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
protective cape
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移
will to fight / fighting spirit
HSK 7-9
(astronomy) Big Dipper
fighter (aircraft)
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee
warrior / activist
small open trailer
nuclear warhead
abbr. for 泰山北斗
HSK 7-9
to wrestle
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
to fight alone (idiom)
(idiom) of great talent
dogfight (of planes)
an environmental activist / a fighter for environmental protection
to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
HSK 7-9
cattle feeder / hopper (wicker basket)
to duel / a duel / decisive struggle
clothes iron
to struggle / to fight / struggle
internal strife / power struggle / (of members of an organization) to fight each other
to engage (in a fight)
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff
fighting strength
power struggle
tumble / somersault
boxing
to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
cartwheel
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted
to struggle arduously
HSK 7-9
fighting ship
stars
mixed martial arts (MMA)
to tumble / to turn a somersault
a human rights activist / a fighter for human rights
internal power struggle
the Big Dipper / the Plow
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
Colosseum (Rome)
to wrestle
class struggle
fight between powerful contenders
lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
to fight
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
(courteous) to be so bold as to
drawer
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
conical bamboo hat
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
very small room; tiny, cramped space
person narrow-minded and shortsighted
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转
somersault / fall; tumble / (fig.) setback; failure
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
one-on-one basketball game
to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
cock fighting
Doumen, a district of Zhuhai City 珠海市, Guangdong
open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads / dump box (of a dump truck) / bucket (of a front loader) / wheelbarrow
having high fighting spirit
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
(a container) carried suspended or underslung / cable car bucket
to suffer censure / denounced
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
to brawl; to scuffle
chest of drawers
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay
battleship
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
armed confrontation / bust-up between gangs
wrestling ring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬥* | 鬥* | *鬥
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
HSK 7-9
to turn a somersault
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee
to have a grudge against
(geology) cirque

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