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迫在眉睫

Mandarin · pinyin pò zài méi jié

Meanings

  1. pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
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迫
pò · coerce, force, compel; urgent
在
zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
眉
méi · eyebrows; upper margin of book
睫
jié · eyelashes
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4–4–2–2 · po4 zai4 mei2 jie2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bik1 zoi6 mei4 zit6

Cantonese word readings for 迫在眉睫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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bik1 zoi6 mei4 zit3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) imminent; extremely urgent

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