to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
trad. 勾心鬥角
Also written 勾心鬥角【gōu xīn dòu jiǎo】
Characters in this word
4勾
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surname Gou
- Pinyin
- Gōu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 16023 of 2500
心
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500
斗
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abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
- Pinyin
- Dǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7149 of 2500
角
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surname Jue
- Pinyin
- Jué
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8407 of 2500