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关头

guān tóu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 關頭

关头 (guān tóu) means "juncture; moment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 关头 means

1. juncture
2. moment

The characters in 关头

• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words containing 关头

• 紧要关头jǐn yào guān tóuurgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
• 生死关头shēng sǐ guān tóuthe critical moment; life and death crisis

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