Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「爭強好勝」.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「爭強好勝」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
爭: to compete for; 強: to win; 好: to like. Strive to be the stronger one and like to surpass and overwhelm others in everything.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhēng qiáng hǎo shèng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jaang1 keung4 hou2 sing3
Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.
