明争暗斗 míngzhēng'àndòu to fight openly and covertly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 明争暗斗 明爭暗鬥 míngzhēng'àndòu to fight openly and covertly (idiom) to engage in both open strife and veiled struggle; describes a situation where people are competing intensely with one another both in the open and behind the scenes Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.913 per million Cross-References Synonym 尔虞我诈 ěryúwǒzhà钩心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎo明枪暗箭 míngqiāng'ànjiàn离心离德 líxīnlídéAntonym 同心同德 tóngxīntóngdé肝胆相照 gāndǎnxiāngzhào协力同心 xiélìtóngxīn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
明争暗斗 明爭暗鬥 míngzhēng'àndòu to fight openly and covertly (idiom) to engage in both open strife and veiled struggle; describes a situation where people are competing intensely with one another both in the open and behind the scenes Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.913 per million Cross-References Synonym 尔虞我诈 ěryúwǒzhà钩心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎo明枪暗箭 míngqiāng'ànjiàn离心离德 líxīnlídéAntonym 同心同德 tóngxīntóngdé肝胆相照 gāndǎnxiāngzhào协力同心 xiélìtóngxīn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)