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争分夺秒

zhēngfēnduómiǎo

Traditional: 爭分奪秒

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

Character Breakdown

争
zhēng
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
HSK 4
分
fēn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
HSK 1
夺
duó
to rob, to snatch, to take by force
HSK 6
秒
miǎo
a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time
HSK 4

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