勾心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎo to fight and scheme against each other Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōuxīndòujiǎo to fight and scheme against each other To engage in internal strife or office politics; to intrigue against one another elaborate and refined Originally describing the intricate, interlocking structure of palace roofs where eaves and corners meet Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.07 per million Cross-References Variant of 钩心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōuxīndòujiǎo to fight and scheme against each other To engage in internal strife or office politics; to intrigue against one another elaborate and refined Originally describing the intricate, interlocking structure of palace roofs where eaves and corners meet Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.07 per million Cross-References Variant of 钩心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)