# 刻不容缓 (kèbùrónghuǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刻不容缓 (kèbùrónghuǎn) means “extremely urgent; no delay”. It was previously included at level 6 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

- Meaning: extremely urgent; no delay
- Pinyin: kèbùrónghuǎn (ke4 bu4 rong2 huan3)
- Traditional: 刻不容緩
- Not in HSK 3.0
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 解决环境污染问题已经刻不容缓。
  Jiějué huánjìng wūrǎn wèntí yǐjīng kèbùrónghuǎn.
  Solving the problem of environmental pollution is already extremely urgent.

## Characters

- [刻](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-quarter/) (kè): quarter (hour); moment
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- 容 (róng): to hold; to contain
- [缓](https://hanziro.com/word/huan-slow/) (huǎn): slow; to postpone

https://hanziro.com/word/ke-bu-rong-huan-extremely-urgent/

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