如履薄冰
Chinese
as (if); such as | shoe; to tread on | thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
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trad. (如履薄冰) | 如 | 履 | 薄 | 冰 | |
simp. #(如履薄冰) | 如 | 履 | 薄 | 冰 | |
Literally: “like treading on thin ice”. |
Etymology
See 戰戰兢兢/战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rúlyǔbóbing
- Wade–Giles: ju2-lü3-po2-ping1
- Yale: rú-lyǔ-bwó-bīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruleuborbing
- Palladius: жулюйбобин (žuljujbobin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 lei5 bok6 bing1
- Yale: yùh léih bohk bīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 lei5 bok9 bing1
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 léi5 bog6 bing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ lei̯¹³ pɔːk̚² pɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 如履薄冰
- (figurative) to be very careful; to act with extreme caution