履险如夷 — Chinese idiom
履险如夷
lǚ xiǎn rú yí
Traditional: 履險如夷
Meaning
- lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground
- fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
Character by character
- 履lǚshoes; to walk, to tread
- 险xiǎnnarrow pass, strategic point
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 夷yíancient barbarian tribes
Idioms sharing a character
- 削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ
- 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng
- 履舄交错 lǚ xì jiāo cuò
- 步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān
- 步履蹒跚 bù lǚ pán shān
- 章甫荐履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ
- 郑人买履 zhèng rén mǎi lǚ
- 化险为夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí
- 山高水险 shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn
- 抢险救灾 qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
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