lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom); fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
trad. 皇帝不急太監急
Also written 皇帝不急太監急【huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí】
Characters in this word
6皇
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surname Huang
- Pinyin
- Huáng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 22077 of 2500
帝
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(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- Pinyin
- dì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4515 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
急
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urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried, worried, to make (sb) anxious
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2110 of 2500
太
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highest, greatest, too (much), very, extremely
- Pinyin
- tài
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 185 of 2500
监
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to supervise, to inspect, jail, prison
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Traditional
- 監
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 29848 of 2500