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燃眉之急 * * + +

燃 burn / light fire, ignite

眉 eyebrows / upper margin of book

之 marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase / it, him her, them / go to

急 quick, quickly / urgent, pressing

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燃眉' + 燃眉 * * + to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation
燃眉之急' + 燃眉之急 * * + lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency

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