危在旦夕
wēi​zài​dàn​xī

in imminent peril

  • created sense approved 危在旦夕 · wēi​zài​dàn​xī · in imminent peril — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危在旦夕

    wēi​zài​dàn​xī

    in imminent peril

    (idiom) in deadly peril; on the brink of crisis; describes a situation where danger is expected to strike at any moment

    wéi​zài​dàn​xì

    危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 旦夕 (literal) → 旦夕 · dàn​xī · short while

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense