履霜坚冰
lǚ​shuāng​jiān​bīng

to walk on frost and encounter hard ice

  • created sense approved 履霜坚冰/履霜堅冰 · lǚ​shuāng​jiān​bīng · to walk on frost and encounter hard ice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    履霜坚冰 / 履霜堅冰

    lǚ​shuāng​jiān​bīng

    to walk on frost and encounter hard ice

    (idiom) to take precautions against potential danger early on; tiny beginnings lead to great consequences; literal meaning: stepping on frost means hard ice will soon follow

    履霜 (literal) → 履霜 · lǚ​shuāng · to walk on frost 坚冰 (literal) → 坚冰/堅冰 · jiān​bīng · hard ice

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

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