(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
trad. 只爭朝夕
Also written 只爭朝夕【zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī】
Characters in this word
4只
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variant of 隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 177 of 2500
争
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to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary)
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Traditional
- 爭
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13204 of 2500
朝
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abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- Pinyin
- Cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2332 of 2500
夕
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(bound form) sunset; dusk, (bound form) evening; night, Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 42359 of 2500