zhá
挓
struggle
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesverb
to struggle; to strive to support oneself
Almost exclusively used in the compound word 挣扎.
Tā他
zài在
shuǐ水
zhōng中
pīn拼
mìng命
zhēng挣
zhá扎
。
He was struggling desperately in the water.
Lín临
sǐ死
qián前
de的
zhēng挣
zhá扎
。
The death throes; final struggle before death.