燃眉之急

ránméizhījí
  1. lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. extreme emergency

CEDICT

extreme urgency

Wiktionary

像火烧眉毛般紧迫。形容事态严重，情况危急。《英烈传．第五三回》：「此时正是燃眉之急，岂不用他？」《彭公桉．第一三九回》：「就是师父知道，我是为燃眉之急，他二老也难怪我。」也作「烧眉之急」。

重編國語辭典

事态严重，情况危急

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 燃眉 ránméi
  1. to burn one's eyebrows
  2. fig. desperately serious situation
2 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
3 急 jí
  1. urgent
  2. pressing
  3. rapid
  4. hurried
  5. worried
  6. to make (sb) anxious

Related entries

火烧眉毛 huǒshāoméimao
  1. lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. extreme emergency