verb #7,054

Meanings

  1. 1 to fight; to wrestle
  2. 2 to struggle
  3. 3 to beat; to throb (of pulse)

Examples

Tāmen zài quánjī chǎng shàng pīnbó.
They are fighting hard in the boxing ring.
Xīnzàng zài bódòng.
The heart is beating.
Tā yīshēng dōu zài hé mìngyùn bódòu.
He struggled against fate his whole life.

Tips

mistakes
Don't confuse (bó, to fight/struggle) with (bó, broad/abundant). has the hand radical because it involves physical struggle; has and means 'broad' as in 博物馆 (museum).

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