gōu xīn dòu jiǎo

Traditional: 勾心鬥角

勾心斗角 (gōu xīn dòu jiǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined”.

Meanings

  1. 1to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
  2. 2(in palace construction) elaborate and refined

Characters in 勾心斗角

勾gōu · to attract心xīn · heart斗dǒu · dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]角jiǎo · angle

Related words

担心anxious心heart小心to be careful开心to feel happy关心to be concerned about; to care about中心center; heart; core恶心nausea恶心bad habit恶心variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]角色role; part (in a play or movie etc)心理psychology; mentality心脏heart

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