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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 迫在眉睫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié - pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 21,208 21,737 31,234

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
pǎi- used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3ji1pao4]
- to force
- to compel
- to approach or go towards
- urgent
- pressing
- variant of 迫[po4]
- to persecute
- to oppress
- embarrassed
zài- to exist; to be alive
- (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
- (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
méi- eyebrow
- upper margin
jié- eyelashes

Other Words Containing 迫在眉睫

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
迫在眉睫 - - 21,208 21,737 31,234