挣 扎

zhēngzhá

“To struggle” in Chinese is 挣扎 (zhēngzhá).

Meaning

to struggle

Example

我挣扎着挤出地铁。

I struggled to get out of the subway.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhèngHSK 59 strokesto struggle to get free zhāHSK 64 strokesto prick

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