Definition

1. Verb:

   • To struggle: To make a great effort to overcome difficulties, opposition, or an adversary. It often implies a prolonged and determined effort.
   • To fight: To contend or engage in a conflict, which can be physical, ideological, or social, in order to achieve a goal or principle.

2. Noun:

   • A struggle: The act or an instance of struggling; a prolonged effort or conflict.
   • A fight: A conflict or contest between opposing forces or ideas.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Nhân dân đấu tranh cho độc lập và tự do. (The people struggle/fight for independence and freedom.)
  • Cô ấy phải đấu tranh với căn bệnh hiểm nghèo. (She had to struggle with a serious illness.)

• Noun:

  • Cuộc đấu tranh giành quyền lợi còn tiếp diễn. (The struggle for rights is still ongoing.)
  • Đó là một đấu tranh tư tưởng. (That is an ideological struggle.)

Advanced Usage

• "đấu tranh giai cấp": class struggle.

  • Lý thuyết về đấu tranh giai cấp. (The theory of class struggle.)

• "đấu tranh bất bạo động": non-violent struggle.

  • Phong trào đấu tranh bất bạo động. (The non-violent struggle movement.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đấu tranh tư tưởng (n): ideological struggle.
• Đấu tranh chính trị (n): political struggle.
• Đấu tranh sinh tồn (n): struggle for existence.

Synonyms

• Struggle: To strive in opposition or difficulty.
• Fight: To engage in battle or conflict.
• Strive: To make great efforts toward a goal.
• Contend: To struggle in opposition or rivalry.

Related Idioms

• Đấu tranh đến cùng: to fight to the end; to struggle until the very end.
  • Họ quyết tâm đấu tranh đến cùng. (They are determined to fight to the end.)

verb

1. to struggle; to fight