鬥心眼兒
dòu​xīn​yǎn​r

battle of wits

  • created reference approved 斗心眼儿/鬥心眼兒 → 耍心眼儿/耍心眼兒 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗心眼儿 / 鬥心眼兒 dòu​xīn​yǎn​r

    耍心眼儿 / 耍心眼兒 shuǎ​xīn​yǎn​r

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 斗心眼儿/鬥心眼兒 · dòu​xīn​yǎn​r · battle of wits — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗心眼儿 / 鬥心眼兒

    dòu​xīn​yǎn​r

    battle of wits

    (colloquial) to engage in a battle of wits; to play mind games with one another; to use clever or sneaky tactics against each other

    dòu​xīn​yǎ​r

    斗, 心眼儿

    斗 (literal) → 斗/鬥 · dòu · to fight 心眼儿 (literal) → 心眼儿/心眼兒 · xīn​yǎn​r · cleverness

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

    created sense