争分夺秒

Traditional: 爭分奪秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

Dictionary entry

lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

What does 争分夺秒 mean?

争分夺秒 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

2making every second count

Character breakdown

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争zhēngto strive for · to vie for 分fēnto divide; to separate · to distribute; to allocate 夺duóto seize · to take away forcibly 秒miǎosecond (unit of time) · arc second (angular measurement unit)

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争分夺秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

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