| 在千钧一发之际 |
zài qiān jūn - yī fà zhī jì |
at the critical moment; in the nick of time |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 千 |
qiān |
thousand |
| 千 |
qiān |
used in 秋千 |
| 千钧一发 |
qiān jūn - yī fà |
lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment) |
| 钧 |
jūn |
30 catties / great / your (honorific) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 发 |
fā |
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 |
fà |
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 之际 |
zhī jì |
during / at the time of |
| 际 |
jì |
border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) |