{"id":8431,"date":"2019-10-25T13:37:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/chinese-proverb-eyebrows-on-fire-huo-shao-mei-mao\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:37:45","slug":"chinese-proverb-eyebrows-on-fire-huo-shao-mei-mao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/chinese-proverb-eyebrows-on-fire-huo-shao-mei-mao\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese proverb: Eyebrows on fire \u706b\u70e7\u7709\u6bdb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u706b\u70e7\u7709\u6bdb<\/p>\n<p>  hu\u01d2&nbsp; sh\u0101o&nbsp; m&eacute;im&aacute;o<\/p>\n<p>  Eyebrows on fire &mdash; desperately urgent<\/p>\n<p>  Today we&rsquo;ll learn a Chinese proverb which is often used to ask for a pressing need to solve the urgent problem without delay. <\/p>\n<p>  What will you do if a fire is buring your eyebrow?&nbsp; Since the eyebrows (\u7709\u6bdbm&eacute;im&aacute;o) are immediately above the eyes (\u773c y\u01cen), when the eyebrows are on fire (\u706bhu\u01d2), the eyes are in immediate danger.<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash;- \u706bhu\u01d2, FIRE<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash;- \u70e7sh\u0101o, BURN<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash;- \u7709\u6bdbm&eacute;im&aacute;o, EYEBROW<\/p>\n<p>  This idiom is used when the circumstances have become desperately urgent and one must solve the most pressing problem, leaving aside other, less-im<em><\/em>portant business. Sometimes it can also refer to shortsightedness, i.e. paying attention o<em><\/em>nly to the resent, without any co<em><\/em>nsideration for the future.<\/p>\n<p>  For example:<\/p>\n<p>  M&iacute;ngti\u0101n ji&ugrave; k\u01ceosh&igrave;\uff0c d\u014du hu\u01d2 sh\u0101o m&eacute;im&aacute;o le.<br \/>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  \u660e\u5929&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u5c31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u8003\u8bd5,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u90fd&nbsp; \u706b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u70e7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u7709\u6bdb&nbsp; \u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  Tomorrow is for the examination. It is so urgent just like eyebrows on fire.<\/p>\n<p>  N\u01d0 b&ugrave; h\u01ceoh\u01ceo f&ugrave;x&iacute;\uff0c h&aacute;i xi\u01ceng q&ugrave; k&agrave;n&nbsp; di&agrave;ny\u01d0ng \uff1f<\/p>\n<p>  \u4f60&nbsp; \u4e0d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u597d\u597d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u590d\u4e60,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u8fd8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u60f3&nbsp;&nbsp; \u53bb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u770b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u7535\u5f71\uff1f<\/p>\n<p>  Why are you thinking of seeing a film, rather than staying home for a complete review of the lessons?<br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-764057568\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u706b\u70e7\u7709\u6bdb hu\u01d2&nbsp; sh\u0101o&nbsp; m&eacute;im&aacute;o Eyebrows on fire &mdash; desperately urgent Today we&rsquo;ll learn a Chinese proverb which is often used<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-8431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-reading","tag-examination"],"views":474,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}