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争分夺秒

zhēngfēn-duómiǎo

Traditional: 爭分奪秒

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

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Meaning of 争分夺秒 in English

zhēngfēn-duómiǎoHSK 7–9Syllabus #10643
  1. lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
  2. making every second count

Example sentences

  1. 我们的员工正在争分夺秒地修理冰暴带来的损坏。
    wǒ men de yuán gōng zhèng zài zhēng fēn duó miǎo dì xiū lǐ bīng bào dài lái de sǔn huài。
    Our employees are working around the clock to fix the damage caused by the ice storm.
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Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

争 on its own →
zhēng · to strive for

HSK words with 争

竞争HSK 4争HSK 5争取HSK 5斗争HSK 6战争HSK 6争吵HSK 6争夺HSK 6争论HSK 6争议HSK 6抗争HSK 7–9
分 on its own →
fēn · minute (unit of time)

HSK words with 分

分HSK 1分钟HSK 1得分HSK 3分开HSK 3部分HSK 4分数HSK 4分为HSK 4十分HSK 4比分HSK 5成分HSK 5
夺 on its own →
duó · to seize

HSK words with 夺

夺HSK 6夺取HSK 6争夺HSK 6剥夺HSK 7–9夺冠HSK 7–9夺魁HSK 7–9掠夺HSK 7–9抢夺HSK 7–9
秒 on its own →
miǎo · second (unit of time)

HSK words with 秒

秒HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences