| 两虎相争，必有一伤 |
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng |
lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt |
| 两 |
liǎng |
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) |
| 两虎相争 |
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng |
lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries |
| 虎 |
hǔ |
tiger / CL:只 |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 相争 |
xiāng zhēng |
to vie against one another / to fight each other / mutual aggression |
| 争 |
zhēng |
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) |
| 必 |
bì |
certainly / must / will / necessarily |
| 有 |
yǒu |
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 伤 |
shāng |
to injure / injury / wound |