TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
鬥爭
ㄉㄡˋ ㄓㄥ · dòuzhēng
verb/noun — to struggle; to fight; struggle (political, social, or personal)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
鬥to fight, to contend (戰鬥的鬥)dòutwo figures face each other with hands raised — a pictograph of combat, bodies squared off
爭to contend, to compete (爭取的爭)zhēng爫 (hand from above) + 手 (hand from below) pulling at the same object — two hands wrenching in opposite directions
鬥爭，戰鬥的鬥，爭取的爭。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩人（鬥）舉手對峙；兩手（爭：爫+手）扯住同一件——身體的衝撞加上手的爭奪，就是鬥爭。
Two figures squared off, fists raised (鬥: the confronting-bodies pictograph); two hands wrenching at the same object in opposite directions (爭: 爫 above + 手 below) — collision of bodies plus hand-against-hand seizure. That is the full weight of 鬥爭.
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