只争旦夕 (只爭旦夕)
zhǐ zhēng dàn xī
Pinyin
Definition
只争旦夕 (只爭旦夕)
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- see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一夕数惊
- 1 one scare after another (idiom)
- 2 in a constant state of tension
一朝一夕
- 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
- 2 fig. in a short period of time
- 3 overnight
世上无难事,只怕有心人
- 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
- 2 persistence will overcome
危在旦夕
- 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
- 2 on the brink of crisis
只可意会,不可言传
- 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle