Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
挣(掙)
zhēng
挣(掙)扎(紮) zhēngzhá 动
struggle
挣(掙)
zhèng 动
1
(=赚得) earn
- 挣(掙)钱(錢) zhèngqián earn money
- 挣(掙)口饭(飯)吃 zhèng kǒu fàn chī earn a living
2 (=摆脱) break free;
(pt broke)(pp broken)
(pt broke)(pp broken)
- 挣(掙)开(開)枷锁(鎖) zhèngkāi jiāsuǒ break free from one's shackles