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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
zhēng- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
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)
fèn- part
- share
- ingredient
- component
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
miǎo- second (unit of time)
- arc second (angular measurement unit)
- (coll.) instantly

Other Words Containing 争分夺秒

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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