火烧眉毛 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

已经火烧眉毛了

2

火烧眉毛的时候

3

火烧眉毛的事

4

急得火烧眉毛

Definition

火烧眉毛

Literally means:

the fire is burning the brows

Actually means:

life-and-death moment or event

Figuratively it means that the situation is critical. It implies that certain action must be taken to dea immediately. It is often used in spoken Chinese and on informal occasions, often exaggerated in meaning.

比喻情况非常紧急。表示必须立刻采取行动，不能拖延。多用于口语，或随便、非正式的场合。有夸张的意味。

Example

Used as predicate, complement or attributive. (作谓语、补语、定语)

1

Jiǎnchátuán

检查团

zài

再

guò

过

shí

十

fēnzhōng

分钟

jiù

就

dào

到

,

dōu

都

huǒshāoméimao

火烧眉毛

le

了

,

nǐmen

你们

de

的

bàogào

报告

hái

还

méiyǒu

没有

dǎyìn

打印

hǎo

好

,

ná

拿

shénme

什么

gěi

给

lǐngdǎo

领导

kàn

看

?

The inspection team will be here in ten minutes, all burning eyebrows, your report has not been printed, what to show the leader?

2

Jiànlì

建立

nóngmíngōng

农民工

shèhuì

社会

yǎnglǎo

养老

bǎoxiǎn

保险

zhìdù

制度

yǐjīng

已经

shì

是

huǒshāoméimao

火烧眉毛

de

的

shì

事

le

了

,

zài

再

tuō

拖

xiàqù

下去

,

jiāng

将

huì

会

chūxiàn

出现

nányǐ

难以

jiějué

解决

de

的

wèntí

问题

。

The establishment of migrant workers' social old-age insurance system has been a matter of burning eyebrows, and then drag on, there will be difficult problems to solve.

3

Àn

按

guīju

规矩

,

jiéhūn

结婚

yíshì

仪式

bìxū

必须

zài

在

zhōngwǔ

中午

12

diǎn

点

zhīqián

之前

wánchéng

完成

,

fǒuzé

否则

jiù

就

bù

不

jílì

吉利

,

kěshì

可是

xīnniángzǐ

新娘子

hái

还

zài

在

lùshang

路上

,

suǒyǐ

所以

xīnláng

新郎

yījiā

一家

jí

急

de

得

huǒshāoméimao

火烧眉毛

,

bù

不

zhīdào

知道

zěnmebàn

怎么办

cái

才

hǎo

好

。

According to the rules, the wedding ceremony must be completed before 12 noon, otherwise it is unlucky, but the bride is still on the road, so the groom's family is in a hurry to burn eyebrows, do not know how to do.