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當務之急

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
pressing matter of the moment; task of top priority; matter of great urgency
  • 当务之急
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Origin

The phrase is composed of four characters. 當 means to face or to turn towards; it contains the semantic component 田 (farmland) and the phonetic component 尚 (still; yet). 務 means to be engaged in or to be devoted to; it uses the semantic component 力 (physical strength; physical power; energy) and the phonetic component 敄.

之 means to go, formed with the components 止 (foot) and 一 (one). 急 means rapid or quick; it combines the semantic component 心 (heart) with the phonetic component 及 (to reach; to extend to). The character 及 itself is composed of 人 (man; person; people) and 又 (again; once more).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

當務之急由四個漢字組成。其中，「當」字包含語義成分「田」（田地）與音符「尚」；「務」字包含語義成分「力」（體力、能量）與音符「敄」；「之」字由「止」（腳）與「一」組成；「急」字則包含語義成分「心」（心臟）與音符「及」。

在各別字的組成中，「尚」字由語義成分「八」與音符「向」組成，而「向」字包含「宀」與「口」兩個成分。「及」字則由「人」與「又」組成。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese當 “to face; to turn towards”
    • soundChinese尚 “still; yet”
      • meaningChinese八 “eight”
      • soundChinese向 “to face”
        • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
        • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
  • characterChinese務 “to be engaged in; to be devoted to”
    • soundChinese敄
    • meaningChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
  • characterChinese之 “to go”
    • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • ideaChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese急 “rapid; quick”
    • soundChinese及 “to reach; to extend to; to reach the level of”
      • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
      • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
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Meanings

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  1. pressing matter of the moment; task of top priority; matter of great urgency

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 當前迫切需要處理的事。語本《孟子．盡心上》。 例：目前市政建設的當務之急，在改善日益嚴重的交通問題。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0