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在千钧一发之际

zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì

7-character word Traditional 在千鈞一髮之際

What 在千钧一发之际 means

1. at the critical moment; in the nick of time

The characters in 在千钧一发之际

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 千qiānthousand
• 钧jūn30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 际jìborder; edge; boundary