勾心斗角

to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined

surname Gou

to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook

see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

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]

surname Jue

angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4]

role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale