关头
guāntóu
nounHSK 7-9
“Juncture” in Chinese is 关头 (guāntóu).
Meaning
- juncture
- moment
Example
缓期执行在最后关头决定了下来。
A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
Characters
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Not to be confused with: 罐头 (guàntou, tin)