争分夺秒爭分奪秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

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Characters

争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive⺈彐亅分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity八刀夺duóto rob, to snatch, to take by force大寸秒miǎoa second; a corn kernel; measure word for time禾少

Examples

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 de 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.