奔车朽索 / 奔車朽索

bēn​chē​xiǔ​suǒ

extremely dangerous

Extremely perilous situation, like using rotten ropes to drive a galloping chariot; typically used to describe a state of constant danger or great risk

奔 (literal) → 奔 · bēn · to run 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle 朽 (literal) → 朽 · xiǔ · rotten 索 (literal) → 索 · suǒ · rope

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM