Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

93 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
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
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
HSK 7-9
a struggle / fight / battle
HSK 6
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay
to struggle / to fight / struggle
to struggle arduously
HSK 7-9
armed confrontation / bust-up between gangs
to engage (in a fight)
paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
mixed martial arts (MMA)
power struggle
to wrestle
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
HSK 7-9
having high fighting spirit
fighter (aircraft)
internal power struggle
battleship
to have a grudge against
warrior / activist
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
Colosseum (Rome)
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
fight between powerful contenders
a human rights activist / a fighter for human rights
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee
(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
struggle session
to brawl; to scuffle
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
to duel / a duel / decisive struggle
assertiveness / combative nature
war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
cross-eye
hard fighting / fierce battle
struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
to be warlike / to be belligerent
fighting strength
to wrestle
gladiator
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
to fight
bullfighting
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
an environmental activist / a fighter for environmental protection
while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
dogfight (of planes)
internal strife / power struggle / (of members of an organization) to fight each other
internal strife (family, group, etc)
battle of wits
will to fight / fighting spirit
HSK 7-9
carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG) / naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier
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
righteous struggle
wrestling ring
fighting ship
cock fighting
three-on-three basketball game
matador / toreador / bullfighter
to have a fist fight / fist fight / brawl
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
boxing
one-on-one basketball game
boot camp
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
bull terrier
battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
to suffer censure / denounced
chemical warhead
fighter
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
warhead
class struggle
to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
to quarrel
constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain
to fight alone (idiom)
nuclear warhead
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
© 2026 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies