岌岌可危
jí​jí​kě​wēi

in imminent danger

  • created sense approved 岌岌可危 · jí​jí​kě​wēi · in imminent danger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岌岌可危

    jí​jí​kě​wēi

    in imminent danger

    (idiom) in a precarious state; approaching a crisis

    jí​jí​kě​wéi

    岌岌 (reduplication) → 岌 · jí · perilous 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · worth 危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous

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

    created sense