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Meaning of 间不容发

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jiān róng (Trad.: 間不容髮)
(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state; on the brink of crisis; very close (to happening); Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]
Example Sentences
1
Like the cheetahs and pumas in North America, the tiger slipped through by a whisker.
2
I've tried manual labor, and the stress of living within a hair's breadth of homelessness at all times made me physically ill.