千钧一发/千鈞一髮 qiān jūn yī fà — a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)

Meanings

1. 1

   a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)

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

   expression

Character breakdown

• 千

  qiān (first tone, high and level)

  thousand; a great many

  3 strokesRadical 十

Words containing 千

• 千qiān (first tone, high and level)thousand
• 千万/千萬qiān (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling)ten million
• 成千上万/成千上萬chéng (second tone, rising) qiān (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling) wàn (fourth tone, falling)lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
• 千方百计/千方百計qiān (first tone, high and level) fāng (first tone, high and level) bǎi (third tone, dipping) jì (fourth tone, falling)lit. thousand ways
• 千克qiān (first tone, high and level) kè (fourth tone, falling)kilogram
• 千家万户/千家萬戶qiān (first tone, high and level) jiā (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling) hù (fourth tone, falling)every family (idiom)
• 千变万化/千變萬化qiān (first tone, high and level) biàn (fourth tone, falling) wàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)countless changes
• 千军万马/千軍萬馬qiān (first tone, high and level) jūn (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling) mǎ (third tone, dipping)magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower