Chinese word dictionary

垂死挣扎

chuí sǐ zhēng zhá · deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)

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Word information

Simplified垂死挣扎

Traditional垂死掙扎

Pinyinchuí sǐ zhēng zhá

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

垂chuí

to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near

死sǐ

dead; death; impassable, inflexible

挣zhēng

to struggle, to strive, to endeavor

扎zhā

to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop

How to learn 垂死挣扎

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Words with the same characters

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死sǐ

to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned

挣zhèng

to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)

垂直chuízhí

perpendicular; vertical

死亡sǐwáng

to die; death

扎zhā

(of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]; to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar"); variant of 紮|扎[zha1]

包扎bāozā

to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound); variant of 包紮|包扎[bao1 za1]