千钧一发
Meaning
qiānjūnyīfà qian1 jun1 yi1 fa4
- a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
- imminent peril
- a matter of life or death
Words sharing a character
- 千万 qiānwàn ten million
- 成千上万 chéngqiānshàngwàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
- 千方百计 qiānfāngbǎijì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 千克 qiānkè kilogram
- 千家万户 qiānjiāwànhù every family (idiom)
- 千变万化 qiānbiànwànhuà countless changes
- 千军万马 qiānjūnwànmǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
- 一起 yīqǐ in the same place
- 一些 yīxiē some
- 一定 yīdìng surely