郑人争年

Traditional: 鄭人爭年

Zhèng rén zhēng nián

Dictionary entry

Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)

What does 郑人争年 mean?

郑人争年 (Zhèng rén zhēng nián) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)

2a futile quarrel

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郑ZhèngZheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan · abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]争zhēngto strive for · to vie for 年Niánsurname Nian

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郑人争年

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