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節骨眼兒

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

Characters and words in 節骨眼兒

jiē = ji + e1
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jié = ji + e2
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]
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jié = ji + e2
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)
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(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
= gu + Ø3
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yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
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ér = Ø + Ø2
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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