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当务之急

dāng wù zhī jí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 當務之急

当务之急 (dāng wù zhī jí) means "top priority job; matter of vital importance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 当务之急 means

1. idiomtop priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency

The characters in 当务之急

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 务wùaffair; business; matter
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid

Where 当务之急 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dàn–dǎo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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