Definition

1. 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.

2. 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.)