挣扎

• 拼音: zhēng zhá
• 汉字拆解: 挣 = 扌+ 争 (hand + contend — struggling with hands); 扎 = 扌+ 乚 (hand piercing — struggling movement)

含义

To struggle; to fight to break free. Physical or figurative efforts to escape difficulty, constraint, or hardship.

Can describe physical struggling (drowning, being restrained) or metaphorical battles (financial hardship, inner conflict, fighting illness). Conveys desperate, sustained effort against adversity.

例句

1. 落水者在河中拼命挣扎，试图抓住岸边的树枝。
2. 他在贫困线上挣扎了多年，终于靠自己的努力改变了命运。
3. 病人在生死边缘挣扎了一周，最终奇迹般地康复了。

用法指南

语境: adversity, survival, personal struggle

语气: intense

正确说法

• 企业在经济寒冬中艰难挣扎，努力维持运营。(The enterprise struggled painfully through the economic winter, striving to maintain operations.)
• 她内心挣扎了很久，最终决定放弃这份工作。(She struggled internally for a long time before finally deciding to give up this job.)

错误说法

• 我挣扎着起床 — unless describing genuine difficulty (illness, exhaustion); for mere reluctance, use 勉强 or 好不容易

起源与历史

挣 (struggle/strive) + 扎 (pierce/struggle) — forceful striving against resistance

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal