朝不虑夕 — Chinese idiom
朝不虑夕
zhāo bù lǜ xī
Traditional: 朝不慮夕
Meaning
- at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening ; precarious state
- imminent crisis
- living from hand to mouth
Character by character
- 朝zhāoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 虑lǜanxious, concerned, worried
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
Idioms sharing a character
- 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī
- 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
- 四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān
- 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì
- 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī
- 朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì
- 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi
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