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Translation

dòu = d + ou4: to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 (dou4 niu2 shi4) is a matador, who will represent 斗 when used as component.

The matador (斗) and Don Quixote (d) are fighting (斗) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) about who may use the bathroom next. The matador yields a holy cross (十) as a weapon, while Don Quixote (d) wisely chose a blossom (⺀) to cushion the crosses' blows.

All translations for 斗

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
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dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
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to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
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斗 character breakdown

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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 斗 as component

branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]
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material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess
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inclined / slanting / oblique / tilting
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chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart
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to tremble / to shake out / to reveal / to make it in the world
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Japanese variant of 圖|图
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ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)
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to pour / to deliberate
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Words with 斗

Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
a human rights activist / a fighter for human rights
internal strife / power struggle / (of members of an organization) to fight each other
two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants
when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
(geology) cirque
soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
the Big Dipper / the Plow
lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom) / fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt

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