你追我赶

你追我趕
nǐzhuī-wǒgǎn
idiom #86,762

Meanings

  1. 1 you chase and I'll catch up - friendly competition
  2. 2 to vie spiritedly with one another

Examples

HSK 2
Tóngxué men nǐzhuī-wǒgǎn, xuéxí chéngjì dōu tígāo le.
The classmates egged each other on, and all their grades improved.
HSK 4
Yùndònghuì shàng, xuǎnshǒu men nǐzhuī-wǒgǎn.
At the sports meet, the athletes were racing to overtake one another.
HSK 6
Liǎng jiā gōngsī nǐzhuī-wǒgǎn, tuīchū le hěnduō xīn chǎnpǐn.
The two companies, competing neck and neck, launched many new products.

Tips

usage
Positive - healthy, motivating competition. Common in descriptions of classrooms, sports teams, sales teams, manufacturing drives. Contrast with 明争暗斗 (open and covert struggle), which is negative.
grammar
One of several … 'mutual' idioms: 你来我往 (back and forth), 你一言我一语 (chatter back and forth), 你死我活 (life-or-death struggle). and here are generic placeholders - not literally 'you and me.'

Stroke Order

zhuī
gǎn