zheng1
xian1
kong3
hou4
  1. striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

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  • 争 (爭): to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
  • 先 (先): beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
  • 恐 (恐): afraid; frightened; to fear
  • 后 (后): surname Hou

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