内斗 內鬥 nèi dòu internal strife / power struggle / (of members of an organization) to fight each other 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 争斗 爭鬥 zhēng dòu to struggle / to fight / struggle syn 垂死挣扎 垂死掙扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom) syn 国内战争 國內戰爭 guó nèi zhàn zhēng civil war / internal struggle 内伤 內傷 nèi shāng internal injury / disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) syn 内部结构 內部結構 nèi bù jié gòu internal structure / internal composition 内出血 內出血 nèi chū xuè internal bleeding / internal hemorrhage 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 内中子起爆器 內中子起爆器 internal neutron initiator / internal initiator 内部司法制度 內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system; 联合国内部司法制度 聯合國內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system; 争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony / a power struggle syn 楚汉战争 楚漢戰爭 chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu 权力纷争 權力紛爭 quán lì fēn zhēng power struggle 权力斗争 權力鬥爭 quán lì dòu zhēng power struggle 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 实权 實權 shí quán real power / genuine power 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 发送功率 發送功率 fā sòng gōng lǜ transmission power / output power 乘幂 乘冪 chéng mì (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 权力交接 權力交接 quán lì jiāo jiē transfer of power / to hand over power 生杀大权 生殺大權 shēng shā dà quán life-and-death power / ultimate power 道高益安,势高益危 道高益安,勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). 零排放发电厂 zero-emission power centre / zero-emission power plant 潮汐发电站 tidal power station / tidal power plant 基地台电源 base station power supply / base power supply 核动力源 核動力源 hé dòng lì yuán nuclear power source / nuclear power system 脉冲功率设备 脈沖功率設備 pulsed power device / pulse power equipment 化石燃料电站 化石燃料電站 huà shí rán liào diàn zhàn fossil-fired power station / fossil-fuel power station 核能反应堆 核能反應堆 nuclear power reactor / power reactor 核四 hé sì Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant 权欲熏心 權慾薰心 quán yù xūn xīn obsessed by a craving for power / power-hungry syn 硬实力 硬實力 yìng shí lì hard power (i.e. military and economic power) 修昔底德陷阱 xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power) 战斗 戰鬥 zhàn dòu to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] syn 挣扎 掙扎 zhēng zhá to struggle syn 奋斗 奮鬥 fèn dòu to strive / to struggle syn 斗争 鬥爭 dòu zhēng a struggle / fight / battle syn 夺得 奪得 duó dé to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy) syn 拼搏 pīn bó to struggle / to wrestle syn 挣脱 掙脫 zhèng tuō to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1] syn 决斗 決鬥 jué dòu to duel / a duel / decisive struggle syn 搏斗 搏鬥 bó dòu to wrestle / to fight / to struggle syn 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) syn 艰苦奋斗 艱苦奮鬥 jiān kǔ fèn dòu to struggle arduously syn 奋战 奮戰 fèn zhàn to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard syn 再接再厉 再接再厲 zài jiē zài lì to continue the struggle (idiom) / to persist / unremitting efforts syn 争夺战 爭奪戰 zhēng duó zhàn struggle 苦战 苦戰 kǔ zhàn bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort syn 纠结 糾結 jiū jié to intertwine / to band together (with) / to link up (with) / twisted / tangled / confused / to be at a loss / to struggle (mentally) with (sth) / to overthink syn 殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 阶级斗争 階級鬥爭 jiē jí dòu zhēng class struggle 苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) syn 死战 死戰 sǐ zhàn fight to the death / desperate struggle syn 上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) 鱼死网破 魚死網破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) syn 拼死拼活 pīn sǐ pīn huó one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs syn 竞 競 jìng to compete / to contend / to struggle syn 挣 掙 zhèng to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money) syn 拚 pàn to strive for / to struggle / to disregard / to reject 带牛佩犊 帶牛佩犢 dài niú pèi dú to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom) 触斗蛮争 觸鬥蠻爭 chù dòu mán zhēng constant bickering and fighting (idiom) / constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain 转战千里 轉戰千里 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle 风口浪尖 風口浪尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle syn 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom) / to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle syn 斗批改 鬥批改 dòu pī gǎi struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry) 世袭之争 世襲之爭 shì xí zhī zhēng succession struggle / dispute over inheritance 分争 分爭 fēn zhēng to dispute / to struggle for mastery 息争和好 息爭和好 xī zhēng hé hǎo lit. break of a struggle and become reconciled / to bury the hatchet (idiom) 搏战 搏戰 bó zhàn to fight / to struggle / to wage war 正义斗争 正義鬥爭 zhèng yì dòu zhēng righteous struggle 死仗 sǐ zhàng to fight bitterly / hard struggle syn 求存 qiú cún survival / the struggle to eke out a living / to seek for continued existence 浴血苦战 浴血苦戰 yù xuè kǔ zhàn a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom) 争衡 爭衡 zhēng héng to struggle for mastery / to strive for supremacy syn 血史 xuè shǐ history written in blood / epic period of struggle and sacrifice 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 鬪 dòu variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together 鬭 dòu variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together 批斗大会 批鬥大會 pī dòu dà huì struggle session 阿拉伯声援南部非洲解放斗争会议 Conference of Arab Solidarity with the Struggle for Liberation in Southern Africa 土着国民联合斗争委员会 土著國民聯合鬥爭委員會 Indigenous Nationalities Joint Struggle Committee 纳米比亚在战斗 Namibia in Struggle 世界反饥饿协会 世界反饑餓協會 World Association for the Struggle Against Hunger 纪念反对和废除奴隶制国际年 紀念反對和廢除奴隸制國際年 International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition 争取和平与进步的斗争国际讨论会 爭取和平與進步的鬥爭國際討論會 International Seminar on the Struggle for Peace and Progress 民族解放斗争宣言 民族解放鬥爭宣言 Declaration on the Struggle for National Liberation 声援智利民主派斗争团结周 聲援智利民主派鬥爭團結周 Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of Chilean Democratics 声援非洲和阿拉伯人民斗争国际会议 聲援非洲和阿拉伯人民鬥爭國際會議 International Conference of Solidarity with the Struggle of the African and Arab Peoples 声援巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人民争取权利斗争日 聲援巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人民爭取權利鬥爭日 Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Arab People of Palestine for their Rights 青年声援南部非洲人民斗争国际讨论会 青年聲援南部非洲人民鬥爭國際討論會 International Seminar on Youth Solidarity with the Peoples' Struggle in Southern Africa 加勒比声援南非和纳米比亚人民斗争会议 加勒比聲援南非和納米比亞人民鬥爭會議 Caribbean Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of South Africa and Namibia 声援南部非洲人民斗争团结周 聲援南部非洲人民鬥爭團結周 Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Peoples of Southern Africa