垂死掙扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá

DEFINITIONS

  1. deathbed struggle
  2. final struggle (idiom)

CHARACTERS

垂 chuí let down; suspend, hand; down
死 sǐ die; dead; death
掙 zhēng to strive, endeavor, struggle; to earn; to pierce; to wedge in
扎 zhá pull up; pierce; struggle free