千钧

千鈞
qiānjūn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an enormous weight
  2. 2 tremendous force

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā jiānfù zhe qiānjūn zhòngdàn.
He shoulders an enormous burden.
HSK 7-9
Zhè yì quán yǒu qiānjūn zhī lì, duìshǒu dāngchǎng dǎodì.
The punch carried tremendous force, and his opponent went down on the spot.

Tips

history
钧 is an ancient weight of thirty 斤, so a thousand jun stands for a crushing weight. The word lives on in 千钧一发 'a thousand jun hanging by one hair', a moment of extreme danger, and in Mao's line 金猴奋起千钧棒 'the Golden Monkey raises his mighty cudgel'.

Stroke Order

千 qiān
钧 jūn