争先恐后 in English zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4 Meaning

Meanings

  • striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiomatic expression); outdoing one another

Simplified Characters

争 先 恐 后

Traditional Characters

爭 先 恐 後

Pinyin

zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

争zheng1to strive for 先xian1early 恐kong3afraid 后hou4surname Hou