- lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
- extreme emergency
Characters
- 火 (火): surname Huo
- 烧 (燒): to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- 眉 (眉): eyebrow; upper margin
- 毛 (毛): surname Mao
Resources
- Wiktionary: 火烧眉毛
- MDBG: 火烧眉毛
- Examples with 火烧眉毛 on Tatoeba
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