争先恐后

zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

Child Words of 争先恐后

先
xiān

early

后
hòu

empress

争
zhēng

to strive for

恐
kǒng

afraid

争先
zhēng xiān

to compete to be first