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争先恐后

zhēng xiān kǒng hòu (idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind
zhēng to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
zhēng xiān to compete to be first / to contest first place
  xiān beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
   kǒng afraid / frightened / to fear
    Hòu surname Hou
    hòu empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
    hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
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