斗狠

鬥狠

dòuhěn

verb

Meanings

1 to brawl / fight viciously
2 to compete in viciousness or recklessness

Characters

to fight / contest

vicious / ruthless

Examples

HSK 4

做生意要讲规则，不能光靠斗狠。

Zuò shēngyì yào jiǎng guīzé, bùnéng guāng kào dòuhěn.

Doing business needs rules - you can't just rely on bullying it out.

HSK 7-9

几个青年在街头飙车斗狠，被警方依法拘留。

Jǐ gè qīngnián zài jiētóu biāochē dòuhěn, bèi jǐngfāng yīfǎ jūliú.

Several youths who were drag-racing and acting recklessly on the street were detained by police.

Tips

register

Often appears as a fixed pair 飙车斗狠 'drag-racing and brawling,' a formula in Chinese police news to describe public-order offenses by reckless youths. Tone: unambiguously negative; carries connotations of 'showing off how vicious you are.'

Stroke Order

斗 dǒu

狠 hěn