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燒到埋身 (siu1 dou3 maai4 san1) — a desperate situation [粵]水浸眼眉 [國]火燒眉毛，大禍臨頭，燃毛之急，迫在眉睫，千鈞一髮 in Cantonese

siuˉ¹燒dou˗₃到maaiˎ₄埋sanˉ¹身
简 烧到埋身
Mandarin Pinyin: shao1 dao4 mai2 shen1

Meaning of 燒到埋身

nouna desperate situation [粵]水浸眼眉 [國]火燒眉毛，大禍臨頭，燃毛之急，迫在眉睫，千鈞一髮

Characters in 燒到埋身

燒siu1
run a fever; have a temperature
到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
埋maai4
move closer/nearer to; close in/up
身san1
life; lifetime

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