事危累卵 — Chinese idiom
事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
Meaning
- lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs ; fig. at a critical juncture
Character by character
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 危wēidangerous, precarious; high
- 累lěitired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
- 卵luǎnegg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
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