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争分夺秒 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo) – lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom)

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 爭分奪秒0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
  2. 2making every second count

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争分夺秒

Simplified

爭分奪秒

Traditional

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Related words

分

fēn

to divide

秒

miǎo

second (unit of time)

争

zhēng

to strive for

夺

duó

to seize

分钟

fēn zhōng

minute

部分

bù fen

part

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

竞争

jìng zhēng

to compete

十分

shí fēn

very

成分

chéng fèn

composition

充分

chōng fèn

ample

分别

fēn bié

to part

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