争分夺秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 争分夺秒

分
fēn

to divide; to separate

分
fèn

part

夺
duó

to seize

争
zhēng

to strive for

秒
miǎo

second (unit of time)