争先恐后
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strive to be the first and fear to lag behind
Related Words
Hanzi | HSK | Pinyin | English Definition |
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后面 | 1 | hòu miàn | back, rear |
先生 | 1 | xiān sheng | mister |
后来 | 3 | hòu lái | later, afterwards |
然后 | 3 | rán hòu | then, after that |
先 | 3 | xiān | first, in advance |
最后 | 3 | zuì hòu | finally, lastly; the last, the ultimate |
后悔 | 4 | hòu huǐ | regret, repent |
竞争 | 4 | jìng zhēng | compete |
恐怕 | 4 | kǒng pà | perhaps, for fear of |
首先 | 4 | shǒu xiān | first of all, in the first place |
后背 | 5 | hòu bèi | back (of the human body) |
后果 | 5 | hòu guǒ | consequence, aftermath |
落后 | 5 | luò hòu | backward; fall behind |
事先 | 5 | shì xiān | in advance, beforehand |
战争 | 5 | zhàn zhēng | war |
争论 | 5 | zhēng lùn | argue |
争取 | 5 | zhēng qǔ | strive for |
斗争 | 6 | dòu zhēng | struggle, fight |
后代 | 6 | hòu dài | posterity, later periods in history, later ages |
后顾之忧 | 6 | hòu gù zhī yōu | disturbance in the rear |
后勤 | 6 | hòu qín | logistics |
皇后 | 6 | huáng hòu | empress, queen |
空前绝后 | 6 | kōng qián jué hòu | be unprecedented and unrepeatable |
恐怖 | 6 | kǒng bù | horrible, terrifying |
恐吓 | 6 | kǒng hè | threaten, menace |
恐惧 | 6 | kǒng jù | fearful, frightened |
力争 | 6 | lì zhēng | do all one can to do something, argue strongly |
领先 | 6 | lǐng xiān | lead, be ahead of |
先进 | 6 | xiān jìn | advanced; advanced individual or group |
先前 | 6 | xiān qián | previous days |
优先 | 6 | yōu xiān | take precedence, have priority |
预先 | 6 | yù xiān | in advance, beforehand |
原先 | 6 | yuán xiān | former, at first |
争端 | 6 | zhēng duān | dispute |
争夺 | 6 | zhēng duó | fight for |
争气 | 6 | zhēng qì | try to make a good showing |
争议 | 6 | zhēng yì | debate |
祖先 | 6 | zǔ xiān | ancestors |