争分夺秒

zhēng fēn duó miǎo

to race against the clock

Character by character

争zhēng
fight for

分fēn
minutes

夺duó
seize

秒miǎo
seconds

外卖骑手每天都在争分夺秒。

Delivery riders race against the clock every day.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 54 · HSK 6: 电商、直播与快递 (E-commerce, livestreams and parcels)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.