迫在眉睫

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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) 眉睫
simp. #(迫在眉睫) 眉睫
Literally: “pressing in on one's eyelashes”.

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迫在眉睫

  1. imminent; extremely urgent