# 千钧一发 (qiānjūnyīfà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 千钧一发 (qiānjūnyīfà) means “at a critical and perilous moment”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: at a critical and perilous moment
- Pinyin: qiānjūnyīfà (qian1 jun1 yi1 fa4)
- Traditional: 千鈞一髮
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他在千钧一发之际踩了刹车。
  Tā zài qiānjūn-yífà zhī jì cǎi le shāchē.
  He hit the brakes at the critical moment.

## Characters

- [千](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-thousand/) (qiān): thousand
- 钧 (jūn): 30 catties; great
- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-jun-yi-fa-at-critical-and/

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