较劲
jiào​jìn HSK7

clash

较劲 (較勁) jiào​jìn
clash verb
to set oneself against someone or to be deliberately difficult and disobliging

我不知道他为什么总是跟我较劲，处处找我麻烦。

wǒ bù zhī​dào tā wèi​shén​me zǒng​shì gēn wǒ jiào​jìn, chù​chù zhǎo wǒ má​fan.

I don't know why he's always picking a fight with me and making things difficult for me.

compete verb
to match one's strength with others or to be in competition

这两个企业为了市场份额一直在暗中较劲。

zhè liǎng gè qǐ​yè wèi le shì​chǎng fèn'é yī​zhí zài àn​zhōng jiào​jìn.

These two companies have been secretly competing for market share.

exert effort verb
to make a special effort or put extra strength into a task

为了搬动这块沉重的大石头，他浑身都在较劲。

wèi​le bān​dòng zhè kuài chén​zhòng de dà shí​tou, tā hún​shēn dōu zài jiào​jìn.

He was exerting all his strength to move the heavy rock.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.25 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.06 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)