龍口奪食

to harvest hurriedly before rain comes

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

dragon / CL:條|条[tiao2] / imperial

Longkou, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong

to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose