To exist is to cling tightly to the patch of earth beneath your feet.
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在千钧一发之际
在千钧一发之际
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
- ，。
At the critical moment when everything hung in the balance, he saved her.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 弓(bow; archer)RADICAL
- 癶(two legs step out)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand drawing a bow with two legs stepping forward is the action of 'shooting' an arrow.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
在千钧一发之际
Traditional在千鈞一髮之際
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
- ，。
At the critical moment when everything hung in the balance, he saved her.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 弓(bow; archer)RADICAL
- 癶(two legs step out)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(right hand)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand drawing a bow with two legs stepping forward is the action of 'shooting' an arrow.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 之(walk; arrive; step on ground)ASSOCIATIVE
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
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