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千钧一发

qiān jūn yī fà

4-character word Traditional 千鈞一髮

What 千钧一发 means

1. (lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
2. (fig.) (at the) critical; perilous (moment)

The characters in 千钧一发

• 千qiānthousand
• 钧jūn30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Words containing 千钧一发

• 在千钧一发之际zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jìat the critical moment; in the nick of time