一触即发 yīchùjífā imminent Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 一触即发 (一觸即發) yīchùjífā imminent idiom could happen at any moment; on the verge of breaking out 边境局势十分紧张,战争一触即发。 biānjìng júshì shífēn jǐnzhāng, zhànzhēng yīchùjífā. The border situation is very tense, and war could break out at any moment. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.73 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.50 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
一触即发 (一觸即發) yīchùjífā imminent idiom could happen at any moment; on the verge of breaking out 边境局势十分紧张,战争一触即发。 biānjìng júshì shífēn jǐnzhāng, zhànzhēng yīchùjífā. The border situation is very tense, and war could break out at any moment. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.73 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.50 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)