分秒必争 (分秒必爭)
fēn miǎo bì zhēng
Pinyin
Definition
分秒必争 (分秒必爭)
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- seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
- every moment counts
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to divide
- 2 to separate
- 3 to distribute
- 4 to allocate
- 5 to distinguish (good and bad)
- 6 part or subdivision
- 7 fraction
- 8 one tenth (of certain units)
- 9 unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
- 10 minute (unit of time)
- 11 minute (angular measurement unit)
- 12 a point (in sports or games)
- 13 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- 1 to share (let others have some of sth good)
- 1 minute
- 1 to have to
- 2 must
- 3 compulsory
- 4 necessarily
Idioms (20)
一分一毫
- 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
- 2 an iota
一分为二
- 1 one divides into two
- 2 to be two-sided
- 3 there are two sides to everything
- 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
不分伯仲
- 1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
- 2 nothing to choose between them
不分胜负
- 1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
- 2 to come out even
- 3 to tie
- 4 to draw