| Subject | English | Chinese |
| gen. | strive after | M 努力追求M |
| gen. | strive after | M 为 M而奋斗 |
| scient. | strive after a lofty ideal | 为一个崇高理想而奋斗 |
| scient. | strive against | 与…作斗争 |
| gen. | strive against | M 和M作斗争 |
| gen. | strive for | M 为M而努力 |
| gen. | strive for | 争取 |
| gen. | strive for | M 争取M |
| China, polit. | strive for a peaceful international environment to develop itself | 争取和平的国际环境发展自己 |
| scient. | strive for accuracy | 力求精确 |
| China, polit. | strive for breakthroughs | 努力取得突破 (in) |
| China, polit. | strive for breakthroughs | 力争突破 (in) |
| manag. | strive for economic benefits | 讲求经济效益 |
| China, polit. | strive for progress | 奋发进取 |
| fin. | strive for progress through innovation | 坚持在创新中不断前进 |
| fin. | strive for social harmony and stability | 促进社会和谐稳定 |
| China, polit. | strive for substantive results | 讲求实效 |
| fin. | strive for sustained, stable and fast economic development | 促进经济长期平稳较快发展 |
| gen. | strive for the best, prepare for the worst | 做最坏的打算,争取最好的结果 |
| gen. | strive sedulously | 刻意 |
| scient. | strive strenuously to capture the market | 拼命夺取市场 |
| China, law | strive to | 力求 |
| gen. | strive to + inf. | 争取力求，努力做 |
| securit. | strive to become well-to-do | 奔小康 |
| securit. | strive to help enterprises eliminate losses and increase profits | 竭力帮助企业扭亏增盈 |
| China, polit. | strive to improve the quality of our work related to deputies | 努力提高代表工作质量 |
| China, polit. | strive to meet the objectives of all tasks | 努力实现各项目标任务 (of) |
| China, polit. | strive to meet the objectives of all tasks of the current NPC | 努力实现本届全国人大的各项目标任务 |
| securit. | strive to prosper | 奔小康 |
| China, polit. | strive to resolve the issues of greatest concern to the people | 着力解决人民群众反映强烈的问题 |
| China, polit. | strive to serve the people | 努力为人民服务 |
| scient. | strive with | 与…作斗争 |
| gen. | strive with | M 和M作斗争 |
| scient. | The crew strove against wind and tide to bring the ship to a safe anchorage. | 船员为把船驶入安全锚地与风浪和潮水搏斗。 |