lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
trad. 蟻鬥蝸爭
Also written 蟻鬥蝸爭【yǐ dòu wō zhēng】
Characters in this word
4蚁
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ant
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 蟻
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 27716 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
蜗
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snail, Taiwan pr. [gua1], see 蝸牛|蜗牛[wo1 niu2]
- Pinyin
- wō
- Traditional
- 蝸
- Strokes
- 13
争
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to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary)
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Traditional
- 爭
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13204 of 2500