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When the Iphone5 didn’t take China by storm, investors were disappointed to say the least.<\/p>\n

Because the stock didn’t grow in late December of 2012, Apple’s stock took a major 10% plunge. This caused a lot of the major suppliers to scramble for marketshare elsewher.<\/p>\n

There’s a quick and easy way to describe how these suppliers are trying to out do each other in their quest to find more marketshare with one Chinese idiom – \u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e!<\/p>\n

\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e(zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu): out doing one another; scrambling; striving to be first and fearing to be last<\/p>\n

A breakdown of the characters in \u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e(zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu):<\/p>\n

\u4e89(zh\u0113ng): strive. \u4e89\u7740(zh\u0113ng zhe).
\u5148(xi\u0101n): first. \u524d\u9762(qián miàn).
\u6050(k\u01d2ng): for fear of. \u552f\u6050(wéi k\u01d2ng).
\u540e(hòu): behind. \u540e\u9762(hòu miàn).<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at some examples in the wild.<\/p>\n

Usage 1: As a Verb<\/p>\n

Example A:<\/p>\n

“zh\u014dng guó A g\u01d4 di\u0113 di\u0113 bù xi\u016b, ér q\u01d0 yè IPO què zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu“.
“\u4e2d\u56fdA\u80a1\u8dcc\u8dcc\u4e0d\u4f11\uff0c\u800c\u4f01\u4e1aIPO\u5374\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e“\u3002
“China’s A shares are fluctuating endlessly, and their IPO is striving to be the best“
Example B:<\/p>\n

“rén men w\u01ceng w\u01ceng duì shàng ti\u0101n g\u011bi y\u01d4 de j\u012b huì shú shì wú d\u01d4, ér duì yú rén wéi de j\u012b huì què zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu “.
“\u4eba\u4eec\u5f80\u5f80\u5bf9\u4e0a\u5929\u7ed9\u4e88\u7684\u673a\u4f1a\u719f\u89c6\u65e0\u7779\uff0c\u800c\u5bf9\u4e8e\u4eba\u4e3a\u7684\u673a\u4f1a\u5374\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e“\u3002
“People tend to turn a blind eye towards God given opportunities, yet amo<\/em>ngst each other, scramble to out do one another.”
Example C:<\/p>\n

“dì f\u0101ng zhèng f\u01d4 duì dì ch\u01cen pào mò jiù wán quán shàng y\u01d0n le, gè dì zhèng f\u01d4 zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu, f\u0113n f\u0113n xiào f\u01ceng “
“\u5730\u65b9\u653f\u5e9c\u5bf9\u5730\u4ea7\u6ce1\u6cab\u5c31\u5b8c\u5168\u4e0a\u763e\u4e86\uff0c\u5404\u5730\u653f\u5e9c\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e\uff0c\u7eb7\u7eb7\u6548\u4eff “\u3002
“The local government is completely addicted to the real estate boom, every local government is scrambling to follow suit”<\/p>\n

 
Usage 2: \u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e+(\u5730)+Verb<\/p>\n

Example A:<\/p>\n

“y\u012bng guó gè dà xué zhèng zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu de x\u012b y\u01d0n t\u0101 men rù xué, y\u01d0 z\u0113ng ji\u0101 xué xiào de sh\u014du rù “
“\u82f1\u56fd\u5404\u5927\u5b66\u6b63\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e\u5730\u5438\u5f15\u4ed6\u4eec\u5165\u5b66\uff0c\u4ee5\u589e\u52a0\u5b66\u6821\u7684\u6536\u5165“\u3002
“British universities are scrambling to out do one another for prospective students, in order to increase their university’s profits”
Example B:<\/p>\n

“lín jìn ch\u016bn jié, bù sh\u01ceo k\u0101i f\u0101 sh\u0101ng wèi le j\u01d0n kuài huí lóng z\u012b j\u012bn, zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu de d\u01ce xi\u01ceng le x\u012bn ch\u016bn yíng xi\u0101o zhàn “
“\u4e34\u8fd1\u6625\u8282\uff0c\u4e0d\u5c11\u5f00\u53d1\u5546\u4e3a\u4e86\u5c3d\u5feb\u56de\u7b3c\u8d44\u91d1\uff0c\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e\u5730\u6253\u54cd\u4e86\u65b0\u6625\u8425\u9500\u6218 “\u3002
“With the Spring Festival approaching, a lot of developers who are looking to return funds as soon as possible, are scrambling for profit off the New Year marketing campaign battle.”
Example C:
“m\u011bi w\u016b zh\u014dng guó 12 gè h\u0113i kè tuán duì zh\u0113ng xi\u0101n k\u01d2ng hòu t\u014du qiè m\u011bi guó j\u012b mì “
“\u7f8e\u8bec\u4e2d\u56fd12\u4e2a\u9ed1\u5ba2\u56e2\u961f\u4e89\u5148\u6050\u540e\u5077\u7a83\u7f8e\u56fd\u673a\u5bc6 “
“Americans falsely accused 12 Chinese hackers for scrambling to steal American secrets”
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