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Although the exact origin of the phrase “the struggle is real” is unknown, the phrase itself is commonly used in rap music to depict hardships the artist has faced. The phrase likely predates the internet. On September 27th, 2011, the hip hop group DTMD released the album Makin’ Dollas, which featured a track titled “The Struggle is Real”
Struggle (simplified Chinese: 奋斗; traditional Chinese: 奮鬥; pinyin: Fèndòu) is a highly popular Chinese television drama which aired in 2007. The series is directed by Zhào Bǎogāng 赵宝刚 based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Shí Kāng 石康. This 32-episode play earned unexpectedly high audience ratings, primarily due to the popularity of its cast and their fashion style.
From Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots strugil ‎(“to struggle, grapple, contend”). Perhaps from a variant of *strokelen, *stroukelen ( > English stroll), from Middle Dutch struyckelen ("to stumble, trip, falter"; > Modern Dutch struikelen), the frequentative form of Old Dutch *strūkon ‎(“to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *strūkōną, *strūkēną ‎(“to be stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *strug-, *ster- ‎(“to be stiff; to bristle, strut, stumble, fall”), related to Middle Low German strûkelen ("to stumble"; > Low German strükeln), Old High German strūhhēn, strūhhōn ("to stumble, trip, tumble, go astray"; > Modern German strauchen, straucheln).
Alternative etymology derives the base of struggle from Old Norse strúgr ‎(“arrogance, pride, spitefulness, ill-will”), from Proto-Germanic *strūkaz ‎(“stiff, rigid”), ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root above, which would make it cognate with Swedish dialectal strug ‎(“contention, strife, discord”), Norwegian stru ‎(“obstinate, unruly”), Danish struende ‎(“reluctantly”), Scots strug ‎(“difficulty, perplexity, a laborious task”).
struggle ‎(third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.  [quotations ▼]
During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.  [quotations ▼]
She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp.
The series is about the China's Post-80's generation after graduation from college. Protagonist is a promising architect. He has two fathers, and he found two ways of life. He has two lovers, and he has two different feelings. He has an ideal, but has led to another way of reality side. The most valuable of him is non-stop struggle.
Struggle was well received by its post-80's generation audiences. Many rated the series highly, calling it "a milestone in Chinese TV productions" for the innovative break-away from the traditional style of Chinese television drama. The series' recreation of realistic youth life was also praised by its audience, most of which feel it was the first Chinese television drama to successfully convey the feelings, attitudes, ways of thinking, colloquial language of the generation. [7] [8]
However, many Chinese netizens have complained that some scenes in the series are unrealistic, particularly scenes in which a 20-year-old character owns and drives an Audi
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