爭分奪秒

Simplified: 争分夺秒

zhēngfēnduómiǎo ㄓㄥ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄠˇ

    • lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) a race against time
    • making every second count

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