汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 見縫插針
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
見縫插針 (见缝插针)
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
The metaphor makes use of all available space or time as much as possible
夜以繼日 爭分奪秒 閒不住 不辭辛苦 分秒必爭 日以繼夜 只爭朝夕
水潑不進
比喻尽可能利用一切可以利用的空间或时间。
见 (見) jiàn/xiàn 缝 (縫) fèng/féng 插 chā 针 (針) zhēn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

境外资本无孔不入的见缝插针。

Where it can, foreign capital is pouring in.

摩托车可以见缝插针，不受堵车之累。

Motorcycles can make use of every bit of space, not bothered by traffic.

我们甚至见缝插针，在旅途中打了一局迷你高尔夫。

Somewhere on the trip we even fit in a round of miniature golf.

每天数以百计的人蜂涌而入，无论地面有多脏，只要能找到都会被见缝插针的挤满。

The new arrivals stream in by the hundreds daily and settle on any available patch of dusty earth they can find.

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