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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 争分夺秒
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 争分夺秒 | zhēng fēn duó miǎo | - lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time - making every second count |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 30,384 | 39,873 | 33,487 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 争 | zhēng | - to strive for - to vie for - to argue or debate - deficient or lacking (dialect) - how or what (literary) |
| 分 | fēn | - to divide; to separate - to distribute; to allocate - to distinguish (good and bad) - (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) - fraction - one tenth (of certain units) - unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm - minute (unit of time) - minute (angular measurement unit) - a point (in sports or games) - 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 分 | fèn | - part - share - ingredient - component |
| 夺 | duó | - 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 |
| 秒 | miǎo | - second (unit of time) - arc second (angular measurement unit) - (coll.) instantly |
Other Words Containing 争分夺秒
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 争分夺秒 | - | 9 | 30,384 | 39,873 | 33,487 |