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What does 挣扎 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

挣扎 zhēngzhá

to struggle

Its characters

  1. 挣 zhēng to struggle (as in 挣扎)
  2. 扎 zhá to struggle (as in 挣扎)

In a sentence

小鱼在网里拼命挣扎。 The little fish struggled desperately in the net.

大圣从山下伸出头来,还要挣扎,如来便从袖中取出一张封条,上有六个金字,命人贴在山顶。

From 五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain

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