HSK V7-9
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千钧一发

/ qiān jūn yī fà /
Strokes

Definition

a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)/imminent peril/a matter of life or death

Example

Definition

hundredweight hanging by a hair―be in imminent peril; be in an extremely precarious situation; hang by/on a hair

1
Qiānjūn
千钧一发
zhī
之际

at the extremely critical moment

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