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间不容发

jiān bù róng fà

4-character word Traditional 間不容髮

What 间不容发 means

1. (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
2. in a critical state
3. on the brink of crisis
4. very close (to happening)
5. Taiwan pr. jiàn bù róng fǎ

The characters in 间不容发

• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 容róngto hold; to contain; to allow
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue