在千钧一发之际

Traditional: 在千鈞一髮之際

zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì

Dictionary entry

at the critical moment; in the nick of time

What does 在千钧一发之际 mean?

在千钧一发之际 (zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1at the critical moment; in the nick of time

Character breakdown

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在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 千qiānthousand 钧jūn30 catties · great 一yīone · single 发fāto send out · to show (one's feeling)之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 际jìborder · edge

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在千钧一发之际

zài qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì

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