千
钧
一
发

A thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) in Chinese: 千钧一发 (qiān jūn yī fà)

qiān jūn yī fà

a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 千鈞一髮1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
  2. 2imminent peril
  3. 3a matter of life or death

Stroke order

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千
钧
一
发

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢ

qiān

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄐㄩㄣ

jūn

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄈㄚˋ

fà

ㄈ/ fㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

千钧一发

Simplified

千鈞一髮

Traditional

Example sentences

See 千钧一发 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 在这千钧一发的时刻,他救了大家。

    zài zhè qiān jūn yì fā de shí kè, tā jiù le dà jiā。

    At this critical moment, he saved everyone.

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Related words

一

yī

one

千

qiān

thousand

发

fā

to send out

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

发现

fā xiàn

to notice

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

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