勾心鬥角

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	heart; mind	fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōuxīndòujiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄒㄧㄣㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ sam¹ dau³ gok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gōuxīndòujiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄒㄧㄣㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goushindowjeau
  - IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau¹ sam¹ dau³ gok³
  - Yale: ngāu sām dau gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ sam¹ dau³ gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ sem¹ deo³ gog³
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ tɐu̯³³ kɔːk̚³/

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.]
  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.]
  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]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
to fight and scheme against each other

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