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燃眉之急
rán​méi​zhī​jí

extreme emergency

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 燃眉 rán​méi
    urgently critical
    (bound form) extremely urgent or desperate; literally refers to a fire so close it is burning one's eyebrows
  2. 之 zhī particle
    [possessive]
    Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.
  3. 急 jí nounadjective
    emergency
    an urgent or serious situation; a crisis