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一触即发
yī​chù​jí​fā

on the verge

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
一触即发 一觸即發 yī​chù​jí​fā
on the verge
could happen at any moment; describes a situation that is so tense it is about to explode or reach a crisis point

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.73 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.50 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 剑拔弩张 jiàn​bá​nǔ​zhāng

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)