| 争妍斗艳 |
zhēng yán dòu yàn |
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor |
| 争 |
zhēng |
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) |
| 妍 |
yán |
beautiful |
| 斗 |
Dǒu |
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星 |
| 斗 |
dǒu |
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石 / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡 |
| 斗 |
dòu |
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together |
| 斗 |
dòu |
variant of 斗 |
| 斗 |
dòu |
variant of 斗 |
| 斗 |
dòu |
variant of 斗 |
| 艳 |
yàn |
variant of 艳 |
| 艳 |
yàn |
variant of 艳 |
| 艳 |
yàn |
old variant of 艳 |
| 艳 |
yàn |
bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous / (bound form) amorous; romantic / (literary) to admire; to envy |