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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「爭名競利」, with more below.

Learn about the idiom 「爭名競利」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Fight for fame and interests. Same as “compete for fame and fortune”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhēng míng jìng lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jaang1 ming4/meng2 ging6/ging3 lei6

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.