一髮

一发
yīfà
  1. (literary, figurative) danger; dangerous moment
  2. (literary, figurative) distant and hazy
  3. (literary, figurative) something minute
  4. (literary, literal) a hair
  5. a hair
  6. danger; dangerous moment
  7. distant and hazy
  8. something minute

Wiktionary

Homographs

一發 yīfā

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 髮 fà
  1. hair
  2. Taiwan pr. fǎ

Containing this entry

一發不可收拾 yīfābùkěshōushi once it gets started there's no stopping it
一發而不可收 yīfāérbùkěshōu to be impossible to stop once started
千鈞一髮 qiānjūnyīfà
  1. lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
  2. fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
牽一髮而動全身 qiānyīfàérdòngquánshēn
  1. lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom)
  2. fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system
一髮千鈞 yīfàqiānjūn