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只争朝夕
zhǐ​zhēng​zhāo​xī

to seize every minute

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
只争朝夕 只爭朝夕 zhǐ​zhēng​zhāo​xī
to seize every minute
(idiom) to make the best use of one's time; to strive to achieve a goal in the shortest possible time

Frequency

Written text
0.645 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 只争旦夕 zhǐ​zhēng​dàn​xī

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)