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争先恐后

爭先恐後
zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
HSK 6
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom)

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Words Starting With 争

争取zhēng qǔ
to fight for; to strive for; to win over
争论zhēng lùn
"to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate
争夺zhēng duó
fight over; contest; vie over
争气zhēng qì
to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
争端zhēng duān
dispute; controversy; conflict

Words Ending With 后

以后yǐ hòu
after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
然后rán hòu
after; then (afterwards); after that; afterwards
最后zuì hòu
final; last; finally; ultimate
皇后huáng hòu
empress; imperial consort
落后luò hòu
to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress

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Individual Characters

争zhēng
contend, dispute, fight, strive
HSK 3
先xiān
early, prior, former, in advance
恐kǒng
afraid, frightened, to fear
后hòu
back, behind, after, later

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