一触即发

一
一
触
觸
即
即
发
發
could happen at any moment / on the verge

Characters and words in 一触即发

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
触
觸
chù = chu + Ø4
to touch / to make contact with sth / to stir up sb's emotions
触 = 虫 + 角 : Chantal Chicken (chu) found a way to listen to a mosquito (虫) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4): The mosquito is speaking into the small hole of a horn (角), and Chantal holds her ear to the wide end of the horn. In this way she can listen to the very touching (触) stories of the mosquito. After the mosquito finished Chantal wants to touch it (触) and pat it on the shoulder, but she accidentally smashes the mosquito.
即
jí = ji + Ø2
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
即 = 卩 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol from 即插即用, "plug and play": a gaming console controller
即 = 卩 + 艮 : Just inside the entrance to the space station, Joan of Arc babysits the baby seal. Joan of Arc blows big bubbles of chewing gum, and to one of them she attached a controller. With the controller the baby seal can control in which direction the bubble floats, which it does promptly.
发
發
fa̅ = f + a1
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发
髮
fà = f + a4
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
发 = 山 + 又 : Frankenstein wants to eat lunch in the ashram's bathroom, but wearing boxing gloves, he's unable to unwind that one long, red hair from his forks.

Words with 一触即发

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