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Meaning of 间不容发

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
间 jiān 不 bù 容 róng 发 fà (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
就像北美的猎豹与美洲狮一样
,
老虎逃过一劫
,
间不容发
。
Like the cheetahs and pumas in North America, the tiger slipped through by a whisker.
2
我干过体力活
,
时常间不容发
、
无家可归
,
我身体实在难以再承受这样的压力
。
I've tried manual labor, and the stress of living within a hair's breadth of homelessness at all times made me physically ill.