分秒必争
Traditional form:
分秒必爭
Pinyin (reading):
fēnmiǎobìzhēng
Definitions:
- seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
- every moment counts
Characters:
- 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
- 秒 - a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time
- 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
- 争 - to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
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