火烧眉毛 [火燒眉毛] - lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation, extreme emergency - huǒ shāo méi mao | Definition | ChinesePod.com

火烧眉毛 (火燒眉毛)

huǒ shāo méi mao

Pinyin

Definition

火烧眉毛 (火燒眉毛)

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huǒ shāo méi mao

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng huǒ

1 to get angry
2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

Máo

1 surname Mao

Máo mao

1 (pet name for a baby or small child)

máo bìng

1 fault
2 defect
3 shortcomings
4 ailment
5 classifier: 个 gè

máo yī

1 (wool) sweater
2 classifier: 件 jiàn

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔

yī máo bù bá

1 stingy (idiom)

不到火候不揭锅

bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō

1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

不让须眉

bù ràng xū méi

1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
2 to be a match for men
3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)

九牛一毛

jiǔ niú yī máo

1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
2 fig. a drop in the ocean

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

Sample Sentences

赵文龙，都火烧眉毛了，你还开玩笑。我都快被你们父子俩给气死了。我告诉你，作为父亲，今晚你一定得严肃地教育教育儿子。

Zhào Wénlóng ，dōu huǒshāoméimao le ，nǐ hái kāi wánxiào 。wǒ dōu kuài bèi nǐmen fùzǐ liǎ gěi qì sǐ le 。wǒ gàosu nǐ ，zuòwéi fùqin ，jīnwǎn nǐ yīdìng děi yánsù de jiàoyù jiàoyù érzi 。

Zhao Wenlong, such an urgent issue and yet you're still making jokes? You two are really starting to tick me off. Listen, as his father, you absolutely need to sit down with him tonight and set him straight.