危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
Pinyin

Definition

危若朝露
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wēi ruò zhāo lù
  1. precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day

Related Words (20)

wēi jī
  1. 1 crisis
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
wēi xiǎn
  1. 1 danger
  2. 2 dangerous
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
ruò
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 as
  4. 4 if
  1. 1 surname Lu

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence