危在旦夕 — Chinese idiom
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
Meaning
- in imminent peril
- on the brink of crisis
Character by character
- 危wēidangerous, precarious; high
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present
- 旦dàndawn; morning; day
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
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
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危如累卵 wēi rú lěi luǎn
- 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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