节骨眼 (節骨眼)
jiē gu yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

节骨眼 (節骨眼)
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jiē gu yǎn
  1. (dialect) critical juncture
  2. crucial moment
  3. Taiwan pr. [jié gu yǎn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī
  5. 5 classifier: 双 shuāng
  6. 6 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 双 shuāng
眼神
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
眼镜
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 classifier: 副 fù

Idioms (20)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那么多人都受得了，你也没问题的。在那个节骨眼儿上，你一心就想把宝宝生出来，根本就顾及不到自己。
nàme duō rén dōu shòudeliǎo ，nǐ yě méiwèntí de 。zài nàge jiēguyǎnr shàng ，nǐ yī xīn jiù xiǎng bǎ bǎobao shēng chūlai ，gēnběn jiù gùjí bùdào zìjǐ 。
So many people can take it. You won't have any problem. At the critical moment, you just concentrate completely on getting the baby out. You just don't think about yourself at all!
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