紧要关头 — Chinese idiom
紧要关头
jǐn yào guān tóu
Traditional: 緊要關頭
Meaning
- urgent and important moment ; critical juncture
Character by character
- 紧jǐntense, tight, taut; firm, secure
- 要yàoessential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to de
- 关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
Idioms sharing a character
- 不紧不慢 bù jǐn bù màn
- 咬紧牙关 yǎo jǐn yá guān
- 紧咬不放 jǐn yǎo bù fàng
- 紧锣密鼓 jǐn luó mì gǔ
- 紧随其后 jǐn suí qí hòu
- 切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài
- 正中要害 zhèng zhòng yào hài
- 简明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān
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