累卵

Chinese

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	ovum
simp. and trad. (累卵)		累	卵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěiluǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lěiluǎn [Phonetic: léiluǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeiloan
  - IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

累卵

(literary, figuratively) a precarious situation similar to when eggs are piled high and about to come tumbling down

Derived terms

事危累卵
危如累卵
危於累卵／危于累卵

累卵之危
累卵之急 (lěiluǎn zhī jí)

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