"Critical" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave / serious / severe / critical |   |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy / hard / serious / critical | |
| 危急 | wēi jí | critical / desperate (situation) | |
| 紧要 | jǐn yào | critical / crucial / vital | |
| 吃紧 | chī jǐn | in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important | |
| 临界 | lín jiè | critical / boundary | |
| 死生 | sǐ shēng | life or death / critical (event) | |
| 卡脖子 | qiǎ bó zi | to squeeze the throat / (fig.) to have in a stranglehold / critical | |
| 笃病 | dǔ bìng | seriously ill / critical | |
| 千钧一发 | qiān jūn - yī fà | lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical / perilous (moment) | |
| 关节 | guān jié | joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase | |
| 救治 | jiù zhì | to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) | |
| 关键时刻 | guān jiàn shí kè | key moment / critical time | |
| 先机 | xiān jī | critical opportunity | |
| 举足轻重 | jǔ zú qīng zhòng | to play a critical role (idiom) / influential | |
| 险境 | xiǎn jìng | critical circumstances / risky conditions / danger zone | |
| 重大事件 | zhòng dà shì jiàn | critical incident | |
| 临界点 | lín jiè diǎn | critical point / boundary point | |
| 节骨眼 | jiē gu yǎn | (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] | |
| 兵临城下 | bīng lín chéng xià | soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture | |
| 冯玉祥 | Féng Yù xiáng | Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek | |
| 急难 | jí nàn | misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament | |
| 烂尾 | làn wěi | (of a construction project etc) unfinished / derailed (due to critical setbacks) | |
| 间不容发 | jiān bù róng fà | (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] | |
| 王充 | Wáng Chōng | Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher | |
| 坎儿 | kǎn r | critical juncture / key moment | |
| 危殆 | wēi dài | grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition | |
| 省察 | xǐng chá | to examine / to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection) | |
| 不伤脾胃 | bù shāng pí wèi | lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach / fig. something that is not critical | |
| 事危累卵 | shì wēi lěi luǎn | lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture | |
| 倒悬之急 | dào xuán zhī jí | lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits | |
| 倒悬之苦 | dào xuán zhī kǔ | lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits | |
| 水至清则无鱼 | shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú | Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom) / You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. / Don't be too picky! | |
| 生死关头 | shēng sǐ guān tóu | the critical moment / life and death crisis | |
| 缓不济急 | huǎn bù jì jí | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom) / slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need | |
| 紧要关头 | jǐn yào guān tóu | urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture | |
| 愈演愈烈 | yù yǎn yù liè | ever more critical / problems get more and more intense | |
| 临界质量 | lín jiè zhì liàng | critical mass | |
| 临界状态 | lín jiè zhuàng tài | critical state / criticality | |
| 倒悬之危 | dào xuán zhī wēi | lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits | |
| 命危 | mìng wēi | (medicine) in a critical condition | |
| 严重危害 | yán zhòng wēi hài | severe harm / critical danger | |
| 夹批 | jiā pī | critical annotations between the lines | |
| 夹当 | jiā dāng | crucial moment / critical time | |
| 对比温度 | duì bǐ wēn dù | (thermodynamics) reduced temperature (used to compare fluids at different temperatures relative to their critical points) | |
| 日趋严重 | rì qū yán zhòng | more critical with every passing day | |
| 粮荒 | liáng huāng | famine / critical shortage of grain | |
| 险症 | xiǎn zhèng | critical illness | |
| 鞍点 | ān diǎn | saddle point (math.), a critical point of a function of several variables that is neither a maximum nor a minimum | |
| 关于非洲危急经济情况的宣言 | Declaration on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa | | |
| 经济统计中的关键问题专家组 | Expert Group on Critical Problems in Economic Statistics | | |
| 临界装置 | lín jiè zhuāng zhì | critical assembly | |
| 批判犯罪学 | pī pàn fàn zuì xué | critical criminology | |
| 最佳大小 | zuì jiā dài xiǎo | critical size / optimum size | |
| 严重不达标 | critical non-conformity | | |
| 特超临界锅炉 | ultra-super critical boiler | | |
| 关键设计评审 | guān jiàn shè jì píng shěn | critical design review | |
| 临界负荷 | critical load | | |
| 必要工作人员 | essential staff / critical staff | | |
| 关键点 | guān jiàn diǎn | critical point | |
| 突发事件应激反应管理股 | Critical Incident Stress Management Unit | | |
| 关键设施 | guān jiàn shè shī | critical facility | |
| 国家关键基础设施 | guó jiā guān jiàn jī chǔ shè shī | critical national infrastructure / vital structures | |
| 危险分析和关键控制点 | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points | | |
| 国际突发事件应激反应基金会 | International Critical Incident Stress Foundation | | |
| 重要基础设施的保护 | critical infrastructure protection | | |
| 刑事司法和批判犯罪学共同研究课程 | Common Study Programme on Criminal Justice and Critical Criminology | | |
| 临界角 | lín jiè jué | critical angle | |
| 突发事件的管理 | critical incident management | | |
| 指挥官所需重要情报 | commander's critical information requirements | | |
| 关键自然资本 | critical natural capital | | |
| 全球环境变化关键地区 | Critical Zones in Global Environmental Change | | |
| 全球认识非洲紧急经济状况运动 | Campaign for Global Awareness of the Critical Economic Situation in Africa | | |
| 达成关键意愿 | Reaching Critical Will | | |
| 关键性的 | mission critical | | |
| 大会第十叁届特别会议 | thirteenth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly on the critical economic situation in Africa | | |
| 关键路径法 | critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey | | |
| 关键路径分析 | critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey | | |
| 关键路径调查 | critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey | | |
| 创伤性应激反应 | traumatic stress / critical incident stress | | |
| 突发事件应激反应 | traumatic stress / critical incident stress | | |
| 临界域 | critical region | | |
| 突发事件管理股 | Critical Incident Management Unit | | |
| 关键职能 | critical function | | |
| 跋语 | bá yǔ | short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc | |
| 临门一脚 | lín mén yī jiǎo | to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth | |
| 批点 | pī diǎn | to add critical marks or notes to a text / (fig.) to criticize | |
| 暴击 | bào jī | critical hit (gaming) | |
| 命门 | mìng mén | (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point | |
| 在千钧一发之际 | zài qiān jūn - yī fà zhī jì | at the critical moment / in the nick of time | |
