搏 bó
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 尃 to announce, to state
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
搏斗
bódòu
to fight; to struggle
Characters in this word
斗 dòu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 消防员在浓烟中与火势搏斗了三个小时，才阻止火势蔓延到居民楼。 Xiāofángyuán zài nóngyān zhōng yǔ huǒshì bódòu le sān gè xiǎoshí, cái zǔzhǐ huǒshì mànyán dào jūmínlóu. Firefighters battled the blaze in thick smoke for three hours before preventing it from spreading to the residential block.
- 渔民在风浪中与大鱼搏斗了很久。 Yúmín zài fēnglàng zhōng yǔ dà yú bódòu le hěn jiǔ. The fisherman struggled with the big fish in the wind and waves for a long time.
- 他和重病搏斗了三年，终于恢复了健康。 Tā hé zhòngbìng bódòu le sān nián, zhōngyú huīfù le jiànkāng. He fought a serious illness for three years and at last recovered his health.
Related words
- 脉搏 màibó pulse; rhythm
- 拼搏 pīnbó to strive; to fight hard
- 奋斗 fèndòu to struggle; to work hard
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle; to fight
- 斗争 dòuzhēng to struggle; struggle, fight
- 斗 dòu to fight; to struggle; to contend
- 斗志 dòuzhì fighting spirit; morale
- 泰斗 tàidǒu leading authority; great master
- 打倒 dǎdǎo to knock down; to overthrow
- 反抗 fǎnkàng to resist; to rebel against
- 毁 huǐ to destroy; to ruin
- 逼迫 bīpò to force; to compel