I struggled to get out of the subway.
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挣扎
Traditional: 掙扎
zhēng zhá
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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zhēng zhá · zang1 zaat3 (Jyutping)
- to struggle
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
挣
- Meaning
- strive, endeavor, struggle
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰扌争
- Cangjie
- QNSD
- Four-corner
- 5705
扎
- Meaning
- pull up; pierce; struggle free
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿰扌乚
- Cangjie
- QU
- Four-corner
- 5201.0
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