挣扎

to struggle

used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]

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

to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")

penetrating (as of cold) / struggle

variant of 紮|扎[za1]

variant of 紮|扎[zha1]

to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]

(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2]

used in 挣扎[zheng1 zha2]

deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom)