龙争虎斗

lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants

dragon / CL:條|条[tiao2] / imperial

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]

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]

to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]

variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]