争先恐后

Traditional (Taiwan): 爭先恐後

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

zhēngxiānkǒnghòu ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄏㄡˋ

    • to compete to be first to scramble to get ahead to rush forward for fear of falling behind

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