危如累卵

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	as (if); such as	a precarious situation similar to when eggs are piled high and about to come tumbling down
simp. and trad. (危如累卵)		危	如	累卵
Literally: “as precarious as a vertical pile of eggs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēirúlěiluǎn, wéirúlěiluǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ jyu⁴ leoi⁵ leon^5-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēirúlěiluǎn [Phonetic: wēirúléiluǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiruleeiloan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéirúlěiluǎn [Phonetic: wéirúléiluǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiruleeiloan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ jyu⁴ leoi⁵ leon^5-2
  - Yale: ngàih yùh léuih léun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ jy⁴ loey⁵ loen^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ yu⁴ lêu⁵ lên²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ lɵy̯¹³ lɵn¹³⁻³⁵/

Idiom

危如累卵

extremely dangerous; extremely precarious

Synonyms

岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)

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