| 千钧一发 | qiān jūn yī fà | a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death | |
| 雷霆万钧 | léi tíng wàn jūn | overwhelming; overpowering (idiom) | |
| 一字千钧 | yī zì qiān jūn | One word weighs a thousand kilograms. (idiom) |
| 1 | He realised the significance of this matter at once and reported it to the Beijing headquarters right away. | |
| 2 | Again I fancy Sisyphus returning toward his rock, and the sorrow was in the beginning. | |
| 3 | Just at the point we were about to come there was a loud "Moooo!" and we both jolted in shock. | |
| 4 | He is the guilty one. For that is enough to precipitate all the rancors and all the boredom still in suspension.[2] |