危如累卵 — Chinese idiom
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
Meaning
- precarious as pile of eggs ; ready to fall and break at any moment
- in a dangerous state
Character by character
- 危wēidangerous, precarious; high
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 累lěitired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
- 卵luǎnegg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
Idioms sharing a character
- 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn
- 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
- 力尽神危 lì jìn shén wēi
- 危在旦夕 wēi zài dàn xī
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 危言危行 wēi yán wēi xíng
- 危言耸听 wēi yán sǒng tīng
- 居安思危 jū ān sī wēi
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