燃眉之急
Traditional form:
燃眉之急
Pinyin (reading):
ránméizhījí
Definitions:
- lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
- extreme emergency
Characters:
- 燃 - to ignite, to burn; combustion
- 眉 - eyebrows; upper margin of book
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
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