争分夺秒/爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo — lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

Meanings

1. 1

   lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time

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

   expression

Character breakdown

• 分

  fēn (first tone, high and level) fèn (fourth tone, falling)

  to divide, to separate; a minute; a fraction, a mark out of a hundred; a cent; (fèn) a share, a part, a component

  4 strokes⿱八刀Radical 刀

Words containing 分

• 分fēn (first tone, high and level)minute (in a clock time)
• 部分bù (fourth tone, falling) fèn (fourth tone, falling)part
• 分钟/分鐘fēnzhōng (first tone, high and level)minute (a length of time)
• 十分shí (second tone, rising) fēn (first tone, high and level)very; extremely
• 分析fēn (first tone, high and level) xī (first tone, high and level)to analyze
• 分享fēn (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to share (let others have some of sth good)
• 大部分dà (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)in large part
• 成分chéngfèn (second tone, rising)component, ingredient, constituent
• 分手fēn (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)to split up
• 充分chōngfèn (first tone, high and level)sufficient, ample
• 分别/分別fēn (first tone, high and level) bié (second tone, rising)to part or leave each other
• 分开/分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
• 过分/過分guò (fourth tone, falling) fèn (fourth tone, falling)excessive
• 得分dé (second tone, rising) fēn (first tone, high and level)to score
• 分离/分離fēn (first tone, high and level) lí (second tone, rising)to separate
• 分配fēn (first tone, high and level) pèi (fourth tone, falling)to distribute
• 一部分yī (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)portion
• 比分bǐ (third tone, dipping) fēn (first tone, high and level)score