zhēng​dé

to win

  • created reference approved 争得/爭得 → 怎得 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争得 / 爭得 zhēng​dé

    怎得 zěn​dé

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 争得/爭得 · zhēng​dé · to win — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争得 / 爭得

    zhēng​dé

    to win

    To obtain something through effort; to strive for and successfully get something.

    争, 得

    争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · to strive 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 争得/爭得 · zhēng​dé · how could it be — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争得 / 爭得

    zhēng​dé

    how could it be

    (Literary) Used as a rhetorical question, meaning "how can it be that..." or "how can one...".

    争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · how 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to permit

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

    created sense