争
分
夺
秒

Lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) in Chinese: 争分夺秒 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo)

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 爭分奪秒1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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争
分
夺
秒

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄓㄥ

zhēng

ㄓ/ zhㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄈㄣ

fēn

ㄈ/ fㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄉㄨㄛˊ

duó

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄧㄠˇ

miǎo

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

争分夺秒

Simplified

爭分奪秒

Traditional

Example sentences

See 争分夺秒 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 为了赶上进度，我们争分夺秒。

    wèi le gǎn shàng jìn dù， wǒ men zhēng fēn duó miǎo。

    To catch up on schedule, we are racing against the clock.

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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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