只争朝夕 — Chinese idiom
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
Traditional: 只爭朝夕
Meaning
- to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
Character by character
- 只zhǐonly, merely, just
- 争zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- 朝zhāoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
Idioms sharing a character
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
- 独具只眼 dú jù zhī yǎn
- 只字不提 zhī zì bù tí
- 只言片语 zhī yán piàn yǔ
- 只鸡斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ
- 你争我夺 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
- 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
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