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燃眉

rán méi

2-character word

What 燃眉 means

1. to burn one's eyebrows
2. fig. desperately serious situation

The characters in 燃眉

• 燃ránto burn; to ignite; to light
• 眉méieyebrow; upper margin

Words starting with 燃眉

• 燃眉之急rán méi zhī jílit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency

Sounds the same

Read rán méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 燃煤coal fuel