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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

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

a unit of length / inch / thumb

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

to fight over / to contest / to vie over

to deprive / to expropriate / to strip (sb of his property)

to seize / to capture / to wrest control of

to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal

to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy)

to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back

to dazzle the eyes

dazzling / brilliant

to seize power

struggle

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time / making every second count

to compete for first prize

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

to gain the upper hand by a show of strength

scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war

to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain

to contend for a mate

to snatch away

to seize by force / to abduct