千钧一发 — Chinese idiom
千钧一发
qiān jūn yī fà
Traditional: 千鈞一髮
Meaning
- (lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread
- (fig.) (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
Character by character
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 钧jūnunit of weight equal to thirty catties; your (form
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 发fàto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
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