挣 zhèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 争 to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
挣扎
zhēngzhá
to struggle; to flounder; to strive painfully
Characters in this word
扎 zhā
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在经济下行压力下，小型书店仍在租金和客流之间挣扎。 Zài jīngjì xiàxíng yālì xià, xiǎoxíng shūdiàn réng zài zūjīn hé kèliú zhījiān zhēngzhá. Under downward economic pressure, small bookshops are still struggling between rent costs and customer traffic.
- 他在水里拼命挣扎，直到被人救起。 Tā zài shuǐ li pīnmìng zhēngzhá, zhídào bèi rén jiù qǐ. He struggled desperately in the water until someone rescued him.
- 她挣扎了很久，终于决定辞掉那份工作。 Tā zhēngzhá le hěn jiǔ, zhōngyú juédìng cídiào nà fèn gōngzuò. She struggled for a long time before finally deciding to quit that job.
Related words
- 挣 zhèng to earn
- 挣钱 zhèngqián to earn money
- 扎 zhā to prick, to stab
- 包扎 bāozā to bandage; to wrap a wound
- 扎根 zhāgēn to take root
- 扎实 zhāshi solid; sound; down-to-earth
- 驻扎 zhùzhā to station; to be stationed
- 肇事 zhàoshì to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident
- 遭殃 zāoyāng to suffer disaster; to be in trouble
- 要害 yàohài vital point; crux
- 要命 yàomìng fatal; to cost someone their life
- 致命 zhìmìng fatal; deadly; lethal