Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「觸鬥蠻爭」 here, with meaning and examples.
The idiom 「觸鬥蠻爭」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
Chu and Man are two small countries on the horns of a snail in the fable of Zhuangzi. See “Zhuangzi·Zeyang”. Later it was used as a metaphor for fighting for personal gain.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chù dòu mán zhēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
juk1 dau3 maan4 jaang1
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