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刻不容緩

简 刻不容缓 · 繁 刻不容緩
Mandarin · pinyin kè bù róng huǎn

Meanings

  1. to brook no delay
  2. to demand immediate action
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Characters in this entry

刻
kè · carve, engrave; quarter hour
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
容
róng · looks, appearance; figure, form
緩
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缓
huǎn · slow, leisurely; to postpone, delay
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Mandarin tones

4–4–2–3 · ke4 bu4 rong2 huan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hak1 bat1 jung4 wun4 · hak1 bat1 jung4 wun6

Cantonese word readings for 刻不容緩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hak1 bat1 jung4 wun6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to not tolerate any further delay; to be very urgent

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