斗
争

A struggle in Chinese: 斗争 (dòu zhēng)

dòu zhēng

a struggle

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 鬥爭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1a struggle
  2. 2fight
  3. 3battle

Stroke order

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斗
争

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄡˋ

dòu

ㄉ/ dㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄥ

zhēng

ㄓ/ zhㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

斗争

Simplified

鬥爭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 为了理想，他斗争了很多年。

    wèi le lǐ xiǎng， tā dòu zhēng le hěn duō nián。

    For his ideals, he struggled for many years.

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Related words

争

zhēng

to strive for

斗

dòu

to fight

竞争

jìng zhēng

to compete

奋斗

fèn dòu

to strive

战争

zhàn zhēng

war

争论

zhēng lùn

to argue

争取

zhēng qǔ

to fight for

战斗

zhàn dòu

to fight

争议

zhēng yì

controversy

争夺

zhēng duó

to fight over

搏斗

bó dòu

to wrestle

斗志

dòu zhì

will to fight

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