勾心鬥角
Chinese
- affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook
heart; mind fight; contend; incite; meet; encounterhorn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical notetrad. (勾心鬥角) 勾 心 鬥 角 simp. (勾心斗角) 勾 心 斗 角 variant forms 鉤心鬥角/钩心斗角
Pronunciation
Idiom
勾心鬥角
- (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
- 五步一樓,十步一閣。廊腰縵迴,簷牙高啄,各抱地勢,鉤心鬥角。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 唐·杜牧〈阿房宮賦〉
- Wǔ bù yī lóu, shí bù yī gé. Lángyāo màn huí, yányá gāo zhuó, gè bào dìshì, gōuxīndòujiǎo. [Pinyin]
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五步一楼,十步一阁。廊腰缦回,檐牙高啄,各抱地势,钩心斗角。 [MSC, simp.]
- to fight and scheme against each other