郑人争年

zhèng rén zhēng nián

a futile quarrel

Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom)

郑

zhèng

abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan

人

rén

person; people

争

zhēng

to strive for

年

nián

grain