HSK 6 HSK V7-9
Correct

挣扎

/ zhēngzhá /
Strokes

Definition

to struggle

Example

As a Verb

struggle

1
Xìngcúnzhě
幸存者
zài
hóngshuǐ
洪水
zhōng
zhēngzhá
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le
24
24
xiǎoshí
小时
  

Survivors weltered/struggled in the flood for 24 hours.

2
Zhēngzhá
挣扎
zhāo
zuò
lai
起来

struggle to a sitting position

3
Zhēngzhá
挣扎
zhāo
shàng
lóu
楼梯

struggle up the stairs

4
Zhēngzhá
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zài
wángxiàn
死亡线
shàng

struggle for existence/survival on the brink of death; struggle for a bare subsistence

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