ngàn cân treo sợi tóc
/ŋaːn˨˩ kən˧˧ t͡ɕɛw˧˧ səːj˧˨ʔ tawk͡p̚˧˦/
VIETNAMCA → TR
Tanım
•precarious, on thin ice
Etimoloji
Probably a calque of Chinese 千鈞一髮 /千钧一发 (thiên quán nhất phát); literally: “A thousand jun hangs from a strip of hair.” The variant with Northern nghìn for "thousand" is attested, but is much less common in contemporary Vietnamese.