当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当务之急
dāngwùzhījí
the most urgent task; top priority
Characters in this word
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
急 jí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 刍 to mow, to cut grass 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 灾后重建的当务之急不是宣传政绩，而是恢复供水和医疗服务。 Zāihòu chóngjiàn de dāngwùzhījí bú shì xuānchuán zhèngjì, ér shì huīfù gōngshuǐ hé yīliáo fúwù. The top priority in post-disaster reconstruction is not publicising political achievements, but restoring water supply and medical services.
- 当务之急是先把漏水的水管修好。 Dāngwùzhījí shì xiān bǎ lòushuǐ de shuǐguǎn xiūhǎo. The most urgent task is to fix the leaking pipe first.
- 考试快到了，当务之急是把没复习的课文看完。 Kǎoshì kuài dào le, dāngwùzhījí shì bǎ méi fùxí de kèwén kàn wán. The exam is coming soon, and the top priority is to finish going through the texts I haven't reviewed.
Related words
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 当初 dāngchū at first; back then
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 不敢当 bùgǎndāng I do not deserve it (modest reply)
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then