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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

关头 [guāntóu]
  1. 1. noun juncture

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

关头 [guāntóu]
  1. 1. juncture; key moment
    在革命的重要关头
    at important junctures of the revolution
    生死存亡的紧要关头
    a critical moment of life-and-death importance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

关头 [guāntóu]
  1. 1. 具有决定意义的时机或转折点
    生死关头
    成败关头

Examples

在革命的重要关头
at important junctures of the revolution 关头
生死存亡的紧要关头
a critical moment of life-and-death importance 关头
她在紧急关头总是沉着机敏。
She is calm and resourceful in an emergency. 机敏
紧要关头
critical moment (or juncture); crucial moment 紧要
这个国家到了生死存亡的关头
That country has reached a point where its very existence is at stake. 生死存亡
危急关头
critical juncture (or time, moment) 危急
严重关头
critical juncture 严重
重要关头
critical juncture 重要
他做事历练稳重, 总能在危机关头随机应变, 化险为夷。
He handles affairs neatly, maturely, and always plays to the score at critial moment to head off danger. 历练
不到紧急关头不要亮出撒手锏。
Don't reveal your trump card before the crucial moment. 撒手锏

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