- lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
- extreme emergency
Characters
- 燃 (燃): to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
- 眉 (眉): eyebrow; upper margin
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 急 (急): urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
Resources
- Wiktionary: 燃眉之急
- MDBG: 燃眉之急
- Examples with 燃眉之急 on Tatoeba
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