一髮千鈞
yī​fà​qiān​jūn

in imminent peril

  • created reference approved 一发千钧/一髮千鈞 → 千钧一发/千鈞一髮 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一发千钧 / 一髮千鈞 yī​fà​qiān​jūn

    千钧一发 / 千鈞一髮 qiān​jūn​yī​fà

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一发千钧/一髮千鈞 · yī​fà​qiān​jūn · in imminent peril — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一发千钧 / 一髮千鈞

    yī​fà​qiān​jūn

    in imminent peril

    Literally meaning to hang a heavy weight by a single hair; used to describe a situation of extreme danger or a critical moment. Same as [[千钧一发|千鈞一髮|qian1 jun1 yi1 fa4]].

    yì​fǎ​qiān​jūn

    一发 (literal) → 一发/一髮 · yī​fà · a single hair 千钧 (literal) → 千钧/千鈞 · qiān​jūn · very heavy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense