朝不保夕
zhāo​bù​bǎo​xī

precarious

  • created sense approved 朝不保夕 · zhāo​bù​bǎo​xī · precarious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    朝不保夕

    zhāo​bù​bǎo​xī

    precarious

    to be in a precarious state; literally meaning that at dawn one is not sure of lasting until the evening, used to describe a life of extreme uncertainty or an imminent crisis

    zhāo​bù​bǎo​xì

    朝 (literal) → 朝 · zhāo · morning 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 保 (literal) → 保 · bǎo · to maintain 夕 (literal) → 夕 · xī · evening

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

    created sense