掙zang1扎zaat3

English

1. to struggle
2. to struggle (physically)unreviewed?
3. to think hard (and indecisively) about a decisionunreviewed?
4. to struggle (to overcome difficulties)unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 被壓逼嘅一方作抵抗unreviewed?
2. 好苦惱噉考慮一個決定unreviewed?
3. 好辛苦噉嘗試克服困難unreviewed?

Examples

• 我挣扎着挤出地铁。

  I struggled to get out of the subway.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 汤姆挣扎着站了起来。

  Tom struggled to his feet.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• 那只受伤的小鸟在草地上尽力挣扎。

  The injured bird struggled with all its might on the grass.

  Tatoeba · enclectm CC BY

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  垂死掙扎

  to put up a last-ditch struggle ----

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  掙扎求存

  to struggle to survive

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  我內心掙扎咗一陣，終於決定同佢表白。

  After thinking indecisively about it for a while, I finally decided to confess my feelings. ----