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

HSK 4
Zhè jiā gōngsī yǐjīng zài chuísǐ-zhēngzhá le, dǎobì zhǐshì shíjiān wèntí.
This company is in its death throes - bankruptcy is just a matter of time.
HSK 7-9
Díjūn xiànrù bāowéi, jìnxíng zuìhòu de chuísǐ-zhēngzhá.
The enemy forces, surrounded, made their last desperate struggle.

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