急於星火

see 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3]

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount

urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious

surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]

(literary) Oh! / Ah!

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])

eager to / in a hurry to