火燒眉毛

Chinese

		to burn; to destroy with a fire; baked wheaten cake to burn; to destroy with a fire; baked wheaten cake; baked bun	eyebrow
trad. (火燒眉毛)		火燒	眉毛
simp. (火烧眉毛)		火烧	眉毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒshāoméimáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² siu¹ mei⁴ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒshāoméimáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshaoméimáo
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-shao¹-mei²-mao²
    • Yale: hwǒ-shāu-méi-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshaumeimau
    • Palladius: хошаомэймао (xošaomɛjmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² siu¹ mei⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: fó sīu mèih mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² siu¹ mei⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² xiu¹ méi⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/

Idiom

火燒眉毛

1. to be extremely urgent

Synonyms

• 火燎眉毛 (huǒliáoméimáo)