1making every second count
2lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
Example
wǒ men我们de的yuán gōng员工zhèng zài正在zhēng fēn duó miǎo争分夺秒dì地xīu lǐ修理bīng冰bào暴dài lái带来de的sǔn huài损坏。
我们的员工正在争分夺秒地修理冰暴带来的损坏。
Our employees are working around the clock to fix the damage caused by the ice storm.