燃眉之急

rán méi zhī jí

Rare

Definitions

1. lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
2. extreme emergency

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Child Words of 燃眉之急

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

urgent

to burn

to burn one's eyebrows

eyebrow