急惊风撞着慢郎中 — “An urgent convulsive illness meets a slow doctor”

急惊风撞着慢郎中 (jí jīng fēng zhuàng zhe màn láng zhōng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes a situation where urgent matters are dealt with by someone who is slow or unhurried, resulting in delays or failure; like an emergency case being handled by a procrastinating doctor”.

急惊风撞着慢郎中 is pronounced jí jīng fēng zhuàng zhe màn láng zhōng in Mandarin Chinese.

Literally, 急惊风撞着慢郎中 means “an urgent convulsive illness meets a slow doctor”. It is used to mean “describes a situation where urgent matters are dealt with by someone who is slow or unhurried, resulting in delays or failure; like an emergency case being handled by a procrastinating doctor”.

患急病遇到了慢性子的医生。比喻缓慢的行动赶不上紧急的需要。