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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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

to struggle / to fight / struggle
Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988
lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom) / fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
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.
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor

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