| 争取时间 |
zhēng qǔ shí jiān |
to act with urgency / to buy time |
| 争 |
zhēng |
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) |
| 争取 |
zhēng qǔ |
to fight for / to strive for / to win over |
| 取 |
qǔ |
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch |
| 时 |
shí |
old variant of 时 |
| 时 |
Shí |
surname Shi |
| 时 |
shí |
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period |
| 时间 |
shí jiān |
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time |
| 间 |
jiān |
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms |
| 间 |
jiàn |
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent |