| 争名夺利 |
zhēng míng duó lì |
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain |
| 争 |
zhēng |
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) |
| 名 |
míng |
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people |
| 夺 |
duó |
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose |
| 利 |
Lì |
surname Li |
| 利 |
lì |
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit |