两虎相争，
必有一伤 | liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng ,
bì yǒu yī shāng | if two tigers fight, one must get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt |
| 公平竞争 | gōng píng jìng zhēng | fair competition |
| 六・二五战争 | liù · èr wǔ zhàn zhēng | the Korean war (started June 25 1950) |
| 六日战争 | liù rì zhàn zhēng | the Six Day war of June 1967 between Israel and her Arab neighbors |
| 分争 | fēn zhēng | to dispute; to struggle for mastery |
| 分秒必争 | fēn miǎo bì zhēng | seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts |
| 反恐战争 | fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng | war on terrorism |
| 反袁斗争 | fǎn Yuán dòu zhēng | war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic |
| 国际战争罪法庭 | guó jì zhàn zhēng zuì fǎ tíng | International war crimes tribunal |
| 壅穆不争 | yōng mù bù zhēng | to be reverent and non-contentious (idiom) |
| 太平洋战争 | Tài píng yáng Zhàn zhēng | Pacific war between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 |
| 市场竞争 | shì chǎng jìng zhēng | market competition |
| 布匿战争 | Bù nì zhàn zhēng | the three Punic wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage |
| 息争和好 | xī zhēng hé hǎo | lit. break of a struggle and become reconciled; to bury the hatchet (idiom) |
| 战争罪 | zhàn zhēng zuì | war crime |
| 战争罪行 | zhàn zhēng zuì xíng | war crime |
| 拼争 | pīn zhēng | to fight desperately |
| 据理力争 | jù lǐ lì zhēng | to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right |
| 明争暗斗 | míng zhēng àn dòu | struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other; locked in constant strife |
| 星际争霸 | Xīng jì zhēng bà | a real-time strategy game (StarCraft) made by American company, Blizzard Entertainment |
| 普法战争 | pǔ fǎ zhàn zhēng | Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) |
| 朝鲜战争 | Cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng | Korean war (1950-1953) |
| 楚汉战争 | Chǔ Hàn zhàn zhēng | the war of 206-202 BC between Liu Bang 刘邦 of Han and Xiangyu 项羽 of Chu |
| 权力纷争 | quán lì fēn zhēng | power struggle |
| 权力斗争 | quán lì dòu zhēng | power struggle |
| 正义斗争 | zhèng yì dòu zhēng | righteous struggle |
| 正邪相争 | zhèng xié xiāng zhēng | term in traditional Chinese medicine describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正气 and pathogeny 邪气 |
| 海湾战争 | Hǎi wān Zhàn zhēng | (Persian) Gulf War |
| 无争议 | wú zhēng yì | uncontroversial; accepted |
| 争名夺利 | zhēng míng duó lì | to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain |
| 争妍斗艳 | zhēng yán dòu yàn | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor |
| 争宠 | zhēng chǒng | to strive for favor |
| 争得 | zhēng dé | to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth |
| 争战 | zhēng zhàn | fight |
| 争球线 | zhēng qiú xiàn | scrimmage line (American football) |
| 争相 | zhēng xiāng | to fall over each other in their eagerness to... |
| 争臣 | zhēng chén | minister not afraid to give forthright criticism |
| 争衡 | zhēng héng | to struggle for mastery; to strive for supremacy |
| 争讼 | zhēng sòng | dispute involving litigation; legal dispute |
| 争论点 | zhēng lùn diǎn | contention |
| 争议性 | zhēng yì xìng | controversial |
| 争购 | zhēng gòu | to compete; to fight for; to rush to purchase |
| 争锋 | zhēng fēng | to strive |
| 争长论短 | zhēng cháng lùn duǎn | lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble; a storm in a teacup |
| 争雄 | zhēng xióng | to contend for supremacy |
| 争面子 | zhēng miàn zi | to fight for a good reputation |
| 争风吃醋 | zhēng fēng chī cù | to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair |
| 独立战争 | dú lì zhàn zhēng | war of independence |
| 玫瑰战争 | méi guī zhàn zhēng | The Wars of the Roses |
百花齐放，
百家争鸣 | bǎi huā qí fàng ,
bǎi jiā zhēng míng | a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956 |
