- to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
- (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
Characters
- 勾 (勾): surname Gou
- 心 (心): heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 斗 (斗): abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
- 角 (角): surname Jue
Resources
- Wiktionary: 勾心斗角
- MDBG: 勾心斗角
- Examples with 勾心斗角 on Tatoeba
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