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TOPIK 6noun

백척간두

baekcheokgandu [백척깐두]

백척간두가 · 백척간두를

a desperate, extremely dangerous situation

Example

회사는 부도 직전의 백척간두에 서 있었습니다.

The company stood on the edge of bankruptcy.

Word parts

백 hundred척 foot간 pole두 top

Literally 'the top of a hundred-foot pole'.

Good to know

Common as 백척간두에 서다 'to stand on the brink'.