危如累卵

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	as (if); such as	delicate balancing act
trad. (危如累卵)		危	如	累卵
simp. #(危如累卵)		危	如	累卵
Literally: “as precarious as a vertical pile of eggs”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēirúlěiluǎn, wéirúlěiluǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ jyu⁴ leoi⁵ leon^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēirúlěiluǎn [Phonetic: wēirúléiluǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weirúlěiluǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-ju²-lei³-luan³
    • Yale: wēi-rú-lěi-lwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiruleeiloan
    • Palladius: вэйжулэйлуань (vɛjžulɛjluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéirúlěiluǎn [Phonetic: wéirúléiluǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéirúlěiluǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-ju²-lei³-luan³
    • Yale: wéi-rú-lěi-lwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiruleeiloan
    • Palladius: вэйжулэйлуань (vɛjžulɛjluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ jyu⁴ leoi⁵ leon^5-2
    • Yale: ngàih yùh léuih léun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ jy⁴ loey⁵ loen^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ yu⁴ lêu⁵ lên^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ lɵy̯¹³ lɵn¹³⁻³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 危如累卵

1. extremely dangerous; extremely precarious

Synonyms

• 岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)