勾心斗角 |
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo |
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined |
勾 |
Gōu |
surname Gou |
勾 |
gōu |
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 钩, hook |
勾 |
gòu |
used in 勾当 |
心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
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 |
角 |
Jué |
surname Jue |
角 |
jiǎo |
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:个 |
角 |
jué |
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale |