只争旦夕
zhǐ​zhēng​dàn​xī

to seize the moment

  • created reference approved 只争旦夕/只爭旦夕 → 只争朝夕/只爭朝夕 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只争旦夕 / 只爭旦夕 zhǐ​zhēng​dàn​xī

    只争朝夕 / 只爭朝夕 zhǐ​zhēng​zhāo​xī

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 只争旦夕/只爭旦夕 · zhǐ​zhēng​dàn​xī · to seize the moment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只争旦夕 / 只爭旦夕

    zhǐ​zhēng​dàn​xī

    to seize the moment

    (idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of every moment

    zhǐ​zhēng​dàn​xì

    只 (literal) → 只 · zhǐ · only 争 (literal) → 争/爭 · zhēng · to strive 旦夕 (literal) → 旦夕 · dàn​xī · short while

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense