zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

Traditional: 爭先恐後

HSK 7–9

争先恐后 (zhēng xiān kǒng hòu) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind

Characters in 争先恐后

争zhēng · to strive for先xiān · beforehand; first; earlier恐kǒng · afraid后hòu · empress

Related words

先生teacher然后then; after that; afterwards后empress后back后surname Hou先beforehand; first; earlier最后final; last; ultimate之后after; behind以后after后面the back; the rear; the last bit首先first of all; in the first place战争war; conflict

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