危如累卵
Chinese
danger; to endanger | as (if); such as | delicate balancing act | ||
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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
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngai4 jyu4 leoi5 leon5-2
- Yale: ngàih yùh léuih léun
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai4 jy4 loey5 loen5-2
- Guangdong Romanization: ngei4 yu4 lêu5 lên5-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ lɵy̯¹³ lɵn¹³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 危如累卵
- extremely dangerous; extremely precarious
Synonyms
- 岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)
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