危在旦夕
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
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- (idiom) in imminent peril (idiom)
- on the brink of crisis
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Related Words
千钧一发(qiān jūn yī fà)· a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
→岌岌可危(jí jí kě wēi)· imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis
→朝不保夕(zhāo bù bǎo xī)· at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
→朝不虑夕(zhāo bù lǜ xī)· at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
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