当务之急

Traditional form:

當務之急

Pinyin (reading):

dāngwùzhījí

Definitions:

• (idiom) top priority job; matter of vital importance

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 务 - affairs, business; should; must
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 務 - affairs, business; should; must
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent