迫在眉睫

Chinese

		to force; to compel; pressing to force; to compel; pressing; urgent	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	the eyebrows and eyelashes
trad. (迫在眉睫)		迫	在	眉睫
simp. #(迫在眉睫)		迫	在	眉睫
Literally: “pressing in on one's eyelashes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòzàiméijié

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ zoi⁶ mei⁴ zit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòzàiméijié
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòzàiméijié
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-tsai⁴-mei²-chieh²
    • Yale: pwò-dzài-méi-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohtzaymeijye
    • Palladius: поцзаймэйцзе (poczajmɛjcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ zoi⁶ mei⁴ zit⁶
    • Yale: bīk joih mèih jiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ dzoi⁶ mei⁴ dzit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ zoi⁶ méi⁴ jid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² mei̯²¹ t͡siːt̚²/

Idiom

迫在眉睫

1. imminent; extremely urgent