明爭暗鬥

míngzhēngàndòu

both open strife and veiled struggle; overt contention and covert struggle

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struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other, locked in constant strife

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明爭暗鬥|明争暗斗 [míng zhēng àn dòu] ► struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other ► locked in constant strife