a struggle in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 斗争 with this easy mnemonic:

Using my dip (斗) to get cow milk every morning is such a struggle (争).

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 斗
• 争

• 争吵
• 争论
• 争取
• 斗争
• 战斗
• 争霸
• 竞争
• 战争

The reading of 斗争 is dòu zhēng.

You can remember how to say 斗争 with this useful mnemonic:

I doubt (dòu) my sister Jennifer (zhēng) even knows how to milk a cow. She simply waits for me every morning to serve her.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like a struggle and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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