危如朝露
wēi​rú​zhāo​lù

precarious as morning dew

  • created sense approved 危如朝露 · wēi​rú​zhāo​lù · precarious as morning dew — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危如朝露

    wēi​rú​zhāo​lù

    precarious as morning dew

    precarious as the morning dew; describes the fragile and temporary nature of human life or a very dangerous situation that could end at any moment

    危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 朝露 (literal) → 朝露 · zhāo​lù · morning dew

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

    created sense