争妍斗艳 in English zheng1 yan2 dou4 yan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • contending for supreme beauty (particularly of flowers, scenery, painting and so on)
  • vying in beauty and glamor

Simplified Characters

争 妍 斗 艳

Traditional Characters

爭 妍 鬥 艷

Pinyin

zheng1 yan2 dou4 yan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

争zheng1to strive for 妍yan2beautiful 斗dou4abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] 艳yan4variant of 艷|艳[yan4]