争分夺秒 meaning in English
lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
Meaning of 争分夺秒
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhēngfēnduómiǎo
- lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
- making every second count
争分夺秒 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我们的员工正在争分夺秒地修理冰暴带来的损坏。
Our employees are working around the clock to fix the damage caused by the ice storm.
Stroke order for each character
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争 zhēng · to strive for · 6 strokes
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分 fēn · to divide · 4 strokes
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夺 duó · to seize · 6 strokes
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秒 miǎo · second · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 争分夺秒.
| 分钟 | fēnzhōng | minute |
| 部分 | bùfen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 一部分 | yī bùfen | portion; part of |
| 十分 | shífēn | very; completely |
| 分开 | fēnkāi | to separate; to part |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 分数 | fēnshù | (exam) grade; mark |
| 争取 | zhēngqǔ | to fight for; to strive for |
| 分别 | fēnbié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 得分 | défēn | to score a point (in a competition, test etc); score; rating; grade |
| 分配 | fēnpèi | to distribute; to assign |
| 分组 | fēn zǔ | to divide into groups; group (formed from a larger group) |
Questions about 争分夺秒
What does 争分夺秒 mean?
争分夺秒 (zhēngfēn-duómiǎo) means "lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count".
How do you write 争分夺秒?
争分夺秒 is made of 4 characters: 争 (6 strokes), 分 (4 strokes), 夺 (6 strokes), 秒 (9 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
Is 争分夺秒 an HSK word?
Yes. 争分夺秒 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 争分夺秒 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 争分夺秒 is written 爭分奪秒.