4 characters Idiom and proverb 14 449

Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「迫在眉睫」, with details below.

The idiom being introduced now is 「迫在眉睫」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It describes that things have come to the point where the situation is extremely urgent.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pò zài méi jié

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bik1 joi6 mei4 jit6

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