1 speed

2 rate

3 velocity

4 (music) tempo

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 to get angry

2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

1 the speed of light

1 to speed up

2 to expedite

1 to speed up

2 to accelerate

3 growth rate (economics)

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

1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)

2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames

2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)

2 fig. hidden danger

3 imminent danger

1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer

2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions

3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee