一决雌雄

一決雌雄
yìjué-cíxióng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to fight it out
  2. 2 to have a decisive showdown

Examples

HSK 5
Liǎng zhī qiúduì jiāng zài juésài zhōng yìjué-cíxióng.
The two teams will fight it out in the final.
HSK 6
Liǎng wèi gāoshǒu yuēdìng míngtiān zài shāndǐng yìjué-cíxióng.
The two masters agreed to meet on the mountaintop tomorrow for a decisive duel.

Tips

history
From the 史记: 项羽 challenged 刘邦 to fight him man to man and 决雌雄, settle which of them was male and which female, an old way of saying winner and loser. Today it is used for finals, elections and business rivalries.

Stroke Order

一 yī
决 jué
雌 cí
雄 xióng