钩心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎo to jockey for position Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 钩心斗角 鉤心鬥角 gōuxīndòujiǎo to jockey for position To fight and scheme against each other; to engage in internal strife or power struggles. elaborate and refined (literary) Originally used to describe the intricate and interlocking architectural structure of a palace. Frequency Written text 0.057 per million Cross-References Variant of 勾心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎoAntonym 同心协力 tóngxīnxiélì开诚布公 kāichéngbùgōngSynonym 尔虞我诈 ěryúwǒzhà明争暗斗 míngzhēng'àndòu明枪暗箭 míngqiāng'ànjiàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
钩心斗角 鉤心鬥角 gōuxīndòujiǎo to jockey for position To fight and scheme against each other; to engage in internal strife or power struggles. elaborate and refined (literary) Originally used to describe the intricate and interlocking architectural structure of a palace. Frequency Written text 0.057 per million Cross-References Variant of 勾心斗角 gōuxīndòujiǎoAntonym 同心协力 tóngxīnxiélì开诚布公 kāichéngbùgōngSynonym 尔虞我诈 ěryúwǒzhà明争暗斗 míngzhēng'àndòu明枪暗箭 míngqiāng'ànjiàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
