争奇斗艳
zhēng​qí​dòu​yàn

to vie for attention

  • created reference approved 争奇斗艳/爭奇鬥豔 → 争奇斗妍/爭奇鬥妍 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争奇斗艳 / 爭奇鬥豔 zhēng​qí​dòu​yàn

    争奇斗妍 / 爭奇鬥妍 zhēng​qí​dòu​yán

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 争奇斗艳/爭奇鬥豔 · zhēng​qí​dòu​yàn · to vie for attention — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争奇斗艳 / 爭奇鬥豔

    zhēng​qí​dòu​yàn

    to vie for attention

    to compete with one another to show off newness, uniqueness, or beauty; often used to describe flowers or people's appearances

    争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · to strive 奇 (literal) → 奇 · qí · wonderful 斗艳 (literal) → 斗艳/鬥豔 · dòu​yàn · to compete in beauty

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense