争权攘利
zhēng​quán​rǎng​lì

to scramble for power and wealth

  • created sense approved 争权攘利/爭權攘利 · zhēng​quán​rǎng​lì · to scramble for power and wealth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争权攘利 / 爭權攘利

    zhēng​quán​rǎng​lì

    to scramble for power and wealth

    to fight for power and seize profits; to struggle for authority and personal gain

    争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · to strive 权 (literal) → 权/權 · quán · power 攘 (literal) → 攘 · rǎng · to seize 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · profit

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

    created sense