| 釋義 |
鉤心斗角勾心斗角gōu xīn dòu jiǎoeach trying to outwit the other; engage in intrigues against each other; jockey (/manoeuvre) for positions against rivals; scheme (/struggle/plot) against each other
? 這個宮女早已看透了宮中的處處虛假，人與人勾心斗角，爭風(fēng)吃醋，彼此傾軋，動不動就會大禍臨頭，…… (姚雪垠 《李自成》 Ⅱ—827) The maid,well ac quainted with all the palace hypocrisies,intrigues and petty jealousies,knew that one could become a victim of them at any time.
? 在福隆寺的幾百和尚中，和世俗一樣勾心斗角，并且分成許多等級，一層壓一層。(姚雪垠《李白成》Ⅱ—752) Among the several hundred monks,there was like everywhere else much bick ering and many power struggles,with the higher ranking monks oppressing the others.
? 這一向的州衙門，為了胡小軒和王寡婦戀愛，竟如此～鬧了這多天。(李六如 《六十年的變遷》 Ⅰ—222) Thus the case of the secret love affair between Hu Xiaoxuan and Mrs Wang,having for days been the cause of considerable plotting and wrangling in the subprefect's yamen，…/然而竟未發(fā)現(xiàn)對方在勾心斗角的同時，還作了不少的幕后工作。(羅廣斌、楊益言《紅巖》117) While each had been trying to put spokes in the other's wheels,he had failed to discover that Li Jigang had surreptitiously done a good deal of work.
? 停止彼此勾心斗角、互相傾軋、各懷鬼胎的局面！ (吳強《紅日》517) We must put an end to all this scheming and struggling against each other,all this stabbing each other in the back. 鉤心斗角鉤（勾）ɡōu xīn dòu jiǎo鉤：牽結(jié)；心：宮室的中心。斗：結(jié)合。角：檐角。指宮室建筑結(jié)構(gòu)精巧，錯落有致；也比喻人與人之間明爭暗斗。jockey for position, play into each other’s hands |