千钧一发
千钧一发
qiān jūn yī fà
a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death
idiom
Traditional: 千鈞一髮
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- (idiom) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
- imminent peril
- a matter of life or death
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Related Words
一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)· one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
→一字千金(yī zì qiān jīn)· one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
→一掷千金(yī zhì qiān jīn)· lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
→一日千里(yī rì qiān lǐ)· lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
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