







racing against time
against the clock
making every second count
The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
We race to get all our ground work done: packing, going through security, doing a last-minute work call, calling each other, then boarding the plane.

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Open the tool →争分夺秒地 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo de) means “racing against time, against the clock, making every second count”.
争分夺秒地 is pronounced zhēng fēn duó miǎo de in Mandarin Chinese.
“racing against time” is 争分夺秒地 (zhēng fēn duó miǎo de) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 争分夺秒地, each with pinyin and an English translation.