争先恐后
Traditional form:
爭先恐後
Pinyin (reading):
zhēngxiānkǒnghòu
Definitions:
- striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
Characters:
- 争 - to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- 先 - first, former, previous
- 恐 - fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
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