節骨眼兒

erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

bone

see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]

joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)

(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final