争长竞短
zhēng​cháng​jìng​duǎn

to squabble over trifles

  • created sense approved 争长竞短/爭長競短 · zhēng​cháng​jìng​duǎn · to squabble over trifles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    争长竞短 / 爭長競短

    zhēng​cháng​jìng​duǎn

    to squabble over trifles

    to argue over rights and wrongs or to bicker about insignificant details and personal gains or losses

    争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · to argue 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · forte 竞 (literal) → 竞/競 · jìng · to compete 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · weak point

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

    created sense