如临深渊
rú​lín​shēn​yuān

on the brink of an abyss

  • created reference approved 如临深渊/如臨深淵 → 如履薄冰 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如临深渊 / 如臨深淵 rú​lín​shēn​yuān

    如履薄冰 rú​lǚ​bó​bīng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 如临深渊/如臨深淵 · rú​lín​shēn​yuān · on the brink of an abyss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如临深渊 / 如臨深淵

    rú​lín​shēn​yuān

    on the brink of an abyss

    (idiom) as if standing on the edge of a deep pit; used to describe being extremely cautious or feeling very anxious when handling a matter

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 临 (literal) → 临/臨 · lín · to face 深渊 (literal) → 深渊/深淵 · shēn​yuān · abyss

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

    created sense