zhēng​xiān​kǒng​hòu HSK7

to strive to be first

争先恐后 爭先恐後 zhēng​xiān​kǒng​hòu
to strive to be first
striving to be first and fearing to be last; outdoing one another in a race to get something first

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.420 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.13 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources