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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 千钧一发
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 千钧一发 | qiān jūn - yī fà | - lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) - fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 26,743 | 44,815 | 53,189 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 千 | qiān | - thousand |
| 千 | qiān | - used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1] |
| 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] |
Other Words Containing 千钧一发
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 千钧一发 | - | 9 | 26,743 | 44,815 | 53,189 |