刻不容缓
Traditional form:
刻不容緩
Pinyin (reading):
kèbùrónghuǎn
Definitions:
- to brook no delay
- to demand immediate action
Characters:
- 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 容 - appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold
- 缓 - slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay
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