| 主要翻译 |
| hang by a thread v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (dangle) | 摇摇欲坠
yáo yáo yù zhuì |
| 备注: Often used in continuous tenses |
| | The Emergency Room doctor told me that my fingertip was hanging by a thread. |
| hang by a thread v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (be precarious) | 命悬一线
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| | | 千钧一发
qiān jūn yí fà |
| | | 岌岌可危
jí jí kě wēi |
| 备注: Often used in continuous tenses |
| | Sam's life hung by a thread as he struggled to come out of a coma. |