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千钧一发

qiān jūn yī fàㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ

Traditional: 千鈞一髮

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Meaning(set phrase)

a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death

Written with AI, waiting for a teacher's review.

Stroke order

THIÊN · 3 strokes

thousand

9 strokes

NHẤT · 1 stroke

one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digi

PHÁT · 5 strokes

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)