tranh đấu
Definition
Verb:
- To struggle: To make a strenuous effort against difficulties or opposition. It implies a prolonged and determined effort to achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle.
- To fight: To contend or engage in a conflict, often for a principle, right, or cause. It carries a sense of active resistance or combat.
Noun:
- Struggle: The act or an instance of struggling; a prolonged effort or contest.
- Fight: A conflict or battle, often of a political or ideological nature.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Nhân dân tranh đấu cho quyền tự do. (The people struggle for freedom.)
- Họ phải tranh đấu với nghịch cảnh. (They had to fight against adversity.)
Noun:
- Cuộc tranh đấu giành độc lập kéo dài nhiều năm. (The struggle for independence lasted many years.)
- Tinh thần tranh đấu của họ thật đáng khâm phục. (Their fighting spirit is truly admirable.)
Advanced Usage
"tranh đấu chính trị": political struggle.
- Ông ấy tham gia vào các phong trào tranh đấu chính trị. (He participated in political struggle movements.)
"tranh đấu sinh tồn": struggle for survival.
- Đó là một cuộc tranh đấu sinh tồn khốc liệt. (That was a fierce struggle for survival.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đấu tranh (v/n): This is a more common and standard synonym with identical meaning (to struggle, struggle; to fight, fight).
- Đấu tranh giành công bằng xã hội. (To fight for social justice.)
Synonyms
- Struggle: To strive in the face of difficulty.
- Fight: To engage in a battle or conflict.
- Strive: To make great efforts toward a goal.
- Contend: To struggle in opposition or rivalry.
Related Idioms
- Tranh đấu đến cùng: to fight to the end; to struggle until the very end.
- Chúng tôi nguyện tranh đấu đến cùng cho lý tưởng. (We vow to fight to the end for our ideal.)