战 斗 zhàn dòu to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] 挣 扎 zhēng zhá to struggle 奋 斗 fèn dòu to strive / to struggle 斗 争 dòu zhēng a struggle / fight / battle 拼 搏 pīn bó to struggle / to wrestle 搏 斗 bó dòu to wrestle / to fight / to struggle 争 斗 zhēng dòu to struggle / to fight / struggle 奋 战 fèn zhàn to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard 争 夺 战 zhēng duó zhàn struggle 竞 to compete / to contend / to struggle 扎 penetrating (as of cold) / struggle 拚 to strive for / to struggle / to disregard / to reject 搏 战 bó zhàn to fight / to struggle / to wage war 苦 哈 哈 kǔ hā hā to have difficulty getting by / to struggle (financially etc) 撑 拒 chēng jù to resist / to struggle / to sustain 争 霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony / a power struggle 挣 脱 zhèng tuō to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1] 决 斗 jué dòu to duel / a duel / decisive struggle 艰 苦 奋 斗 jiān kǔ fèn dòu to struggle arduously 再 接 再 厉 zài jiē zài lì to continue the struggle (idiom) / to persist / unremitting efforts 苦 战 kǔ zhàn bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort 殊 死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death 任 重 道 远 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) 阶 级 斗 争 jiē jí dòu zhēng class struggle 苟 延 残 喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) 死 战 sǐ zhàn fight to the death / desperate struggle 上 善 若 水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) 垂 死 挣 扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom) 争 权 夺 利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 鱼 死 网 破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) 拼 死 拼 活 pīn sǐ pīn huó one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs 挣 to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money) 风 口 浪 尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle 带 牛 佩 犊 dài niú pèi dú to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom) 触 斗 蛮 争 chù dòu mán zhēng constant bickering and fighting (idiom) / constantly at each other's throats / struggle for personal gain 转 战 千 里 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle 背 城 借 一 bèi chéng jiè yī to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom) / to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle 斗 批 改 dòu pī gǎi struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry) 国 内 战 争 guó nèi zhàn zhēng civil war / internal struggle 世 袭 之 争 shì xí zhī zhēng succession struggle / dispute over inheritance 破 茧 成 蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period 内 部 斗 争 nèi bù dòu zhēng internal power struggle 内 斗 nèi dòu internal strife / power struggle / (of members of an organization) to fight each other 分 争 fēn zhēng to dispute / to struggle for mastery 息 争 和 好 xī zhēng hé hǎo lit. break of a struggle and become reconciled / to bury the hatchet (idiom) 楚 汉 战 争 Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu 权 力 纷 争 quán lì fēn zhēng power struggle 权 力 斗 争 quán lì dòu zhēng power struggle 正 义 斗 争 zhèng yì dòu zhēng righteous struggle 死 仗 sǐ zhàng to fight bitterly / hard struggle 求 存 qiú cún survival / the struggle to eke out a living / to seek for continued existence 浴 血 苦 战 yù xuè kǔ zhàn a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom) 争 衡 zhēng héng to struggle for mastery / to strive for supremacy 血 史 xuè shǐ history written in blood / epic period of struggle and sacrifice 鬪 variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together 鬭 variant of 鬥|斗, to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together 批 斗 大 会 pī dòu dà huì struggle session 阿 拉 伯 声 援 南 部 非 洲 解 放 斗 争 会 议 Conference of Arab Solidarity with the Struggle for Liberation in Southern Africa 土 着 国 民 联 合 斗 争 委 员 会 Indigenous Nationalities Joint Struggle Committee 纳 米 比 亚 在 战 斗 Namibia in Struggle 世 界 反 饥 饿 协 会 World Association for the Struggle Against Hunger 纪 念 反 对 和 废 除 奴 隶 制 国 际 年 International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition 争 取 和 平 与 进 步 的 斗 争 国 际 讨 论 会 International Seminar on the Struggle for Peace and Progress 民 族 解 放 斗 争 宣 言 Declaration on the Struggle for National Liberation 声 援 智 利 民 主 派 斗 争 团 结 周 Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of Chilean Democratics 声 援 非 洲 和 阿 拉 伯 人 民 斗 争 国 际 会 议 International Conference of Solidarity with the Struggle of the African and Arab Peoples 声 援 巴 勒 斯 坦 阿 拉 伯 人 民 争 取 权 利 斗 争 日 Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Arab People of Palestine for their Rights 青 年 声 援 南 部 非 洲 人 民 斗 争 国 际 讨 论 会 International Seminar on Youth Solidarity with the Peoples' Struggle in Southern Africa 加 勒 比 声 援 南 非 和 纳 米 比 亚 人 民 斗 争 会 议 Caribbean Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of South Africa and Namibia 声 援 南 部 非 洲 人 民 斗 争 团 结 周 Week of Solidarity with the Struggle of the Peoples of Southern Africa 声 援 南 非 和 纳 米 比 亚 妇 女 斗 争 日 Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia 声 援 南 非 和 纳 米 比 亚 妇 女 斗 争 国 际 日 International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia 声 援 南 部 非 洲 学 生 斗 争 国 际 学 生 会 议 International Student Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the Students of Southern Africa 声 援 纳 米 比 亚 人 民 斗 争 国 际 会 议 International Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Namibia 支 持 纳 米 比 亚 人 民 独 立 斗 争 国 际 会 议 International Conference in Support of the Struggle of the Namibian People for Independence 穷 于 应 付 qióng yú yìng fù to struggle to cope (with a situation) / to be at one's wits' end 不 是 鱼 死 就 是 网 破 bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
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