挣脱 (掙脫)
zhèng tuō
Pinyin

Definition

挣脱 (掙脫)
 - 
zhèng tuō
  1. to throw off
  2. to struggle free of
  3. Taiwan pr. [zhēng tuō]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挣
zhēng
  1. 1 see also: 挣扎 zhēng zhá
挣扎
zhēng zhá
  1. 1 to struggle
挣钱
zhèng qián
  1. 1 to make money
摆脱
bǎi tuō
  1. 1 to break away from
  2. 2 to cast off (old ideas etc)
  3. 3 to get rid of
  4. 4 to break away (from)
  5. 5 to break out (of)
  6. 6 to free oneself from
  7. 7 to extricate oneself
洒脱
sǎ tuō
  1. 1 free and at ease
  2. 2 natural
  3. 3 unconstrained

Idioms (8)

垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)
稚气未脱
zhì qì wèi tuō
  1. 1 still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)
脱颖而出
tuō yǐng ér chū
  1. 1 to reveal one's talent (idiom)
  2. 2 to rise above others
  3. 3 to distinguish oneself
脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ
  1. 1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3 fig. to change wholly
  4. 4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
脱贫致富
tuō pín zhì fù
  1. 1 to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)
  2. 2 poverty alleviation

Sample Sentences

感情说穿了一人挣脱的一人去捡。
feelings shuōchuān le yī rén zhèngtuō de yī rén qù jiǎn 。
Passion is really what one person casts off, another person picks up
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警察第三次找到我，问我关于那个女孩的事。说实话，我已经感到厌烦了，我开始拒绝和他们合作。他们把我带回到学校，带回到湖边。正当我靠近湖边的一刹那，我似乎又感觉到了曾经出现过的寒冷。我开始挣脱和抵触，使出全身的力气来跟我身边的警察抗争。
jǐngchá dì sān cì zhǎo dào wǒ ，wèn wǒ guānyú nà ge nǚhái de matter 。shuō shíhuà ，wǒ yǐjīng gǎndào yànfán le ，wǒ kāishǐ jùjué hé tāmen hézuò 。tāmen bǎ wǒ dài huí dào xuéxiào ，dài huí dào hú biān 。zhèngdāng wǒ kàojìn hú biān de yīchànà ，wǒ sìhu yòu gǎnjué dào le céngjīng chūxiàn guo de hánlěng 。wǒ kāishǐ zhèngtuō hé dǐchù ，shǐchū quánshēn de lìqi lái gēn wǒ shēnbiān de jǐngchá kàngzhēng 。
The third time the police came for me, they asked about what had happened to the girl. To tell the truth, I was already fed up with them and refusing to cooperate. They took me back to the school; back to the lake. The moment I approached the lakeside, it seemed as though I could feel the same frigid feeling I had felt once before. I started to break loose and put up a fight. I used all the strength my body could muster and made a stand against the officer next to me.
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