燃眉之急 — Chinese idiom
燃眉之急
rán méi zhī jí
Meaning
- lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows ; fig. desperate situation
- extreme emergency
Character by character
- 燃ránto ignite, to burn; combustion
- 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 急jíanxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
Idioms sharing a character
- 死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán
- 煮豆燃萁 zhǔ dòu rán qí
- 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
- 愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn
- 慈眉善目 cí méi shàn mù
- 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
- 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
- 白眉赤眼 bái méi chì yǎn
- 白首齐眉 bái shǒu qí méi
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