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争分夺秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎoㄓㄥ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄠˇ

Traditional: 爭分奪秒

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

争分夺秒 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo) means lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count.

Meaning(set phrase)

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

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Stroke order

6 strokes

to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)

4 strokes

to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of le

6 strokes

to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose

9 strokes

second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly

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