xiāng zhēng
to vie against one another
to fight each other
mutual aggression
yù bàng xiāng zhēng
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched protagonists
yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
zhèng xié xiāng zhēng
term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
if two tigers fight, one must get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
if two tigers fight, one must get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
Chǔ Hàn Xiāng zhēng
see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì
lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party