粵

爭zang1先sin1恐hung2後hau6

simp争先恐后
zang1 sin1 hung2 hau6zaang1 sin1 hung2 hau6zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

English

  1. (idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind
  2. to scramble

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一班人搶著做某件事,造成混亂

Examples

  • 唔使爭先恐後,個個都有飛。

    Don't rush, everyone has tickets.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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