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争先恐后 (zhēng xiān kǒng hòu) – striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom)

zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 爭先恐後0 example sentences

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  1. 1striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

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Related words

先

xiān

early

后

hòu

surname Hou

争

zhēng

to strive for

后面

hòu mian

the back

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

竞争

jìng zhēng

to compete

恐怕

kǒng pà

fear

首先

shǒu xiān

first (of all)

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