節骨眼

Chinese

 
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
bone eye
trad. (節骨眼) 節 骨 眼
simp. (节骨眼) 节 骨 眼

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiéguyǎn, jiégǔyǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨ ㄧㄢˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

Noun

節骨眼

  1. (colloquial) critical juncture; crucial moment

Derived terms

  • 節骨眼上/节骨眼上
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