a dragon and a tiger in combat(lóng zhēng hǔ zhàn)

a dragon and a tiger in combat

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ó ngzh ē NGH ǔ zh à n, which means to describe the fierce struggle or competition. Fight with the dragon and the tiger. It comes from the biography of the river by sun Guangxian of Song Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: fight between the dragon and the tiger antonym: peaceful coexistence

The origin of Idioms

The Song dynasty sun Guangxian's "river biography" CI: "the battle of the dragon and the tiger, divided into the middle land, people have no owners, peach leaf Jiangnan ferry." In the volume of "Pinghua of the Qin Dynasty merging the six Kingdoms", it is said: "after the spring and Autumn period, there were seven heroes in the Warring States period, who fought against each other and refused to rest."

Idiom usage

It refers to the fierce struggle. The first volume of "Pinghua of the Qin Dynasty merging the six Kingdoms" says: "after the spring and Autumn period, there were seven heroes in the Warring States period. The whole world went to war and refused to rest."

Chinese PinYin : lóng zhēng hǔ zhàn