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• 争 (爭): to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
• 分 (分): to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
• 夺 (奪): to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
• 秒 (秒): second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly

Resources

• Wiktionary: 争分夺秒
• MDBG: 争分夺秒
• Examples with 争分夺秒 on Tatoeba

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