míng​zhēng'àn​dòu

to fight openly and covertly

明争暗斗 明爭暗鬥 míng​zhēng'àn​dòu
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

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