| 急如星火 |
jí rú xīng huǒ |
lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action / extremely urgent |
| 急 |
jí |
urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 星 |
xīng |
star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount |
| 星火 |
xīng huǒ |
spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火) |
| 火 |
Huǒ |
surname Huo |
| 火 |
huǒ |
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 |