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挣扎 zhēngzhá to struggle

怎么记住“挣扎”: 挣 to struggle + 扎 to bind = to struggle.

  • HSK 8 级
  • 词语

汉字

用法

  • Desperate thrashing to free oneself, or a painful fight to survive - 他在贫困线上挣扎 (tā zài pínkùn xiàn shàng zhēngzhá) he struggles at the poverty line.
  • Not 奋斗 (fèndòu, strive toward a goal): 挣扎 is effort against something dragging you down, not ambition.
  • Note the reading - 扎 is zhá here, not zhā. Fixed phrase 垂死挣扎 (chuísǐ zhēngzhá) death throes, last-ditch struggle.

例句

  • 我挣扎着挤出地铁。 Wǒ zhēngzhá zhe jǐchū dìtiě.I struggled to get out of the subway.