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奋斗

fèn dòu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 奮鬥

奋斗 (fèn dòu) means "to strive, struggle (for a goal)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 奋斗 means

1. to strive; to struggle

The characters in 奋斗

• 奋fènto exert oneself (bound form)
• 斗dòuto fight; to struggle; to condemn

Example sentences

• 我得奋斗。
  I have to fight.
• 我为我家人奋斗。
  Wǒ wèi wǒ jiārén fèndòu.
  I struggle for my family.
• 我为我前途奋斗。
  I am fighting for my future.
• 萨米为生活奋斗。
  Sami fought for his life.
• 他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。
  Tāmen fèndòu de mùbiāo shì xiāomiè tiānhuā.
  They are struggling with the goal of wiping out smallpox.
• 生命是一份礼物，你需要为此奋斗。
  Life is a gift and you have to fight for it.

Words containing 奋斗

• 艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously

Where 奋斗 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Results, Progress & Development (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fèn dòu correctly.
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