告急
gào jí
Pinyin
Definition
告急
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- to be in a state of emergency
- to report an emergency
- to ask for emergency assistance
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to leave
- 2 to bid farewell to
- 3 to say good-bye to
- 1 tell-tale
- 2 informer (esp. to police)
- 3 whistleblower
- 4 grass
- 1 to press charges
- 2 to file a complaint
Idioms (20)
乞哀告怜
- 1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
倒悬之急
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
告一段落
- 1 to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
哀告宾服
- 1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
奔走相告
- 1 to spread the news (idiom)