垂死挣扎

Traditional form:

垂死掙扎

Pinyin (reading):

chuísǐzhēngzhá

Definitions:

• deathbed struggle
• final struggle (idiom)

Characters:

• 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 挣 - to struggle, to strive, to endeavor
• 扎 - to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop

Traditional characters:

• 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 掙 - to struggle, to strive, to endeavor
• 扎 - to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop