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Here, we present the idiom 「爭先恐後」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Rushing forward, fearing to fall behind.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jang1 sin1 hung2 hau6

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