挣扎(zhēng zhá)

HSK 7-92 charactersTrad. 掙扎

to struggle

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 挣扎 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 挣扎着要逃脱。

    tā zhēng zhá zhe yào táo tuō

    He struggled to get free.

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