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

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

imminent; extremely urgent

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