一触即发
一触即发
yī chù jí fā
could happen at any moment; on the verge
Traditional: 一觸即發
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- could happen at any moment
- on the verge
Example Sentences
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Related Words
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福(tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú)— fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
→一个头两个大(yī ge tóu liǎng ge dà)— (coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
→一马平川(yī mǎ píng chuān)— flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
→以免借口(yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu)— to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
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