危如累卵
wēi​rú​lěi​luǎn

in a precarious situation

  • created reference approved 危如累卵 → 危若累卵 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危如累卵 wēi​rú​lěi​luǎn

    危若累卵 wēi​ruò​lěi​luǎn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 危如累卵 · wēi​rú​lěi​luǎn · in a precarious situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危如累卵

    wēi​rú​lěi​luǎn

    in a precarious situation

    (idiom) dangerous as a pile of eggs; describes a situation that is extremely unstable and ready to collapse at any moment

    wéi​rú​lěi​luǎn

    危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 累卵 (literal) → 累卵 · lěi​luǎn · stacked eggs

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

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