See 一髮千鈞 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.",
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[
"imminent",
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[
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[
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"Pinyin"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfǎqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfàqiānjūn"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yífàqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yifàcianjyun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-fa⁴-chʻien¹-chün¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-fà-chyān-jyūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ifahchianjiun"
},
{
"roman": "ifacjanʹczjunʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ифацяньцзюнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfǎqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yìfǎqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yifǎcianjyun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-fa³-chʻien¹-chün¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-fǎ-chyān-jyūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ifaachianjiun"
},
{
"roman": "ifacjanʹczjunʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ифацяньцзюнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt faat chīn gwān"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ faat⁸ tsin¹ gwan¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ fad³ qin¹ guen¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "一髮千鈞"
}
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"literal_meaning": "A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.",
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 一",
"Chinese terms spelled with 千",
"Chinese terms spelled with 鈞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 髮",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
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],
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"千鈞一髮",
"千鈞一髮#Chinese"
],
[
"千钧一发",
"千钧一发#Chinese"
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[
"imminent",
"imminent"
],
[
"peril",
"peril"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
],
[
"life",
"life"
],
[
"death",
"death"
]
],
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}
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfàqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfǎqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfàqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yífàqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yifàcianjyun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-fa⁴-chʻien¹-chün¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-fà-chyān-jyūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ifahchianjiun"
},
{
"roman": "ifacjanʹczjunʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ифацяньцзюнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yīfǎqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yìfǎqiānjūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yifǎcianjyun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i¹-fa³-chʻien¹-chün¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yī-fǎ-chyān-jyūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ifaachianjiun"
},
{
"roman": "ifacjanʹczjunʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ифацяньцзюнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jat¹ faat³ cin¹ gwan¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yāt faat chīn gwān"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jat⁷ faat⁸ tsin¹ gwan¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yed¹ fad³ qin¹ guen¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "一髮千鈞"
}
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