Definitions

zhèng to admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly; Taiwan pr. [zhēng]

Etymology

Fighting  words  also provides the pronunciation

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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