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Trad. 奪
- to seize
- to take away forcibly
- to wrest control of
- to compete or strive for
- to force one's way through
- to leave out
- to lose
Trad. 奪得
- to take (after a struggle)
- to wrest
- to seize
- to capture
- to win (a trophy)
Trad. 你爭我奪
- lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
- fierce rivalry
- tug-of-war
Trad. 奪門而出
- to rush out through a door (idiom)
Trad. 龍口奪食
- to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
Trad. 強詞奪理
- to twist words and force logic (idiom)
- sophistry
- loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
- shoving false arguments down people's throats
Trad. 橫刀奪愛
- to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
Trad. 喧賓奪主
- lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
- fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
- minor details obscure the main point
- the sauce is better than the fish
Trad. 爭分奪秒
- lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
- making every second count
Trad. 爭名奪利
- to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
- only interested in personal gain
Trad. 先聲奪人
- to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
Trad. 生殺予奪
- lit. to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom)
- (fig.) control over the fate of others
Trad. 爭權奪利
- scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle