垂死挣扎

垂死掙扎
chuísǐ-zhēngzhá
idiom #20,254

Meanings

  1. 1 death throes
  2. 2 last-ditch struggle
  3. 3 desperate final resistance

Examples

Díjūn xiànrù bāowéi, jìnxíng zuìhòu de chuísǐzhēngzhá.
The enemy forces, surrounded, made their last desperate struggle.
Zhèjiā gōngsī yǐjīng zài chuísǐzhēngzhá le, dǎobì zhǐshì shíjiān wèntí.
This company is in its death throes — bankruptcy is just a matter of time.

Tips

usage
垂死挣扎 can describe both literal final struggles (a dying animal, a surrounded army) and figurative ones (a failing company, a dying ideology). It always implies the struggle is futile — the outcome is already determined.

Stroke Order

chuí
zhèng
zhā