火急
huǒ jí
Pinyin

Definition

火急
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huǒ jí
  1. extremely urgent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
  1. 1 urgent
  2. 2 pressing
  3. 3 rapid
  4. 4 hurried
  5. 5 worried
  6. 6 to make (sb) anxious
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
zháo jí
  1. 1 to worry
  2. 2 to feel anxious
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí]
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
shī huǒ
  1. 1 to catch fire
  2. 2 on fire
  3. 3 fire (alarm)
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
niào jí
  1. 1 urinary urgency
xīn jí
  1. 1 anxious
  2. 2 impatient
nù huǒ
  1. 1 rage
  2. 2 fury
  3. 3 hot anger

Idioms (20)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火,殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything
急人之难
jí rén zhī nàn
  1. 1 anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)
急功近利
jí gōng jìn lì
  1. 1 seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
急于求成
jí yú qiú chéng
  1. 1 anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success
  2. 2 impatient for result
  3. 3 impetuous
急转直下
jí zhuǎn zhí xià
  1. 1 to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
情急智生
qíng jí zhì shēng
  1. 1 inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 情急之下
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
打得火热
dǎ de huǒ rè
  1. 1 to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)
  2. 2 billing and cooing
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
  1. 1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
  2. 2 overhasty
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng
  1. 1 help the starving but not the poor (idiom)

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