# 争分夺秒 (zhēngfēnduómiǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 争分夺秒 (zhēngfēnduómiǎo) means “to make every second count”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make every second count
- Pinyin: zhēngfēnduómiǎo (zheng1 fen1 duo2 miao3)
- Traditional: 爭分奪秒
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 医生们正在争分夺秒地救人。
  Yīshēngmen zhèngzài zhēngfēn-duómiǎo de jiùrén.
  Doctors are racing against time to save lives.

## Characters

- [争](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-strive/) (zhēng): to strive for; to argue
- [分](https://hanziro.com/word/fen-minute/) (fēn): minute; point
- [夺](https://hanziro.com/word/duo-seize/) (duó): to seize; to take by force
- [秒](https://hanziro.com/word/miao-second/) (miǎo): second (time unit)

https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-fen-duo-miao-make-every-second/

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