"precarious" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
险峻險峻	xiǎn jùn	(of terrain) mountainous / rugged / (of a situation) precarious / daunting	syn
多灾多难多災多難	duō zāi duō nàn	to be plagued with misfortunes / precarious	syn
堪虞	kān yú	worrisome / precarious / to be at risk

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
朝露	zhāo lù	morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral	syn
乘人之危	chéng rén zhī wēi	to take advantage of sb's precarious position	syn
朝不保夕	zhāo bù bǎo xī	at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth	syn
不绝如缕不絕如縷	bù jué rú lǚ	hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly	syn
危如累卵	wēi rú lěi luǎn	precarious as pile of eggs (idiom) / ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state	syn
危如朝露	wēi rú zhāo lù	precarious as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生如朝露	rén shēng rú zhāo lù	human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露	rén shēng zhāo lù	human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危若朝露	wēi ruò zhāo lù	precarious as morning dew (idiom) / unlikely to last out the day
朝不虑夕朝不慮夕	zhāo bù lǜ xī	at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
朝露溘至	zhāo lù kè zhì	the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
溘先朝露	kè xiān zhāo lù	the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
身先朝露	shēn xiān zhāo lù	body will go with the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

The four tones