明争暗斗 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 明爭暗鬥 míngzhēngàndòu ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥ ㄢˋ ㄉㄡˋ to fight openly and maneuver covertly idiom Character by character 明(míng)Ming Dynasty 争(zhēng)strive for 暗(àn)dark 斗(dòu)fight A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0