千钧一发时他拉住了我。
At the critical moment he pulled me back.
千钧一发
(lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); (fig.) (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 千鈞一髮
Watch it being written
Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.
千
钧
一
发
Nice writing!
Build with these blocks
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.
千
- 千qiānthousandB1
- 千克qiānkèkilogramB4
- 千万qiānwànten millionB4
- 成千上万chéngqiān-shàngwàn(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousaB6
- 千家万户qiānjiā-wànhùevery family (idiom)B6
- 千变万化qiānbiàn-wànhuàcountless changesB7
- 千方百计qiānfāng-bǎijìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiomB7
- 千军万马qiānjūn-wànmǎmagnificent army with thousands of men andB7
一
See it in sentences
千钧一发之际救下了孩子。
He saved the child at the last possible moment.