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HSK
5

struggle

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

zheng1 zhēng

Meaning


Primary

struggle

Alternatives

struggles, struggling, struggled

Mnemonic


[zh-] James Bond is in [1] front of the [-(e)ng] English manor where he has been caught by the rich kids and butlers. He is surrounded by a bunch of 扌 fingers with ⺈ daggers that are the guards of the manor lawn. Armed only with a pen, James Bond 挣 struggles with them in a drawn out fight before escaping. He runs down the lawn away from the manner as the 扌 fingers, rich kids, and butlers 挣 struggle to catch the secret agent.

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