节骨眼
Traditional form:
節骨眼
Pinyin (reading):
jiēguyǎn
Definitions:
- (dialect) critical juncture
- crucial moment
- Taiwan pr. (jiéguyǎn)
Characters:
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
- 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
- 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
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