"Danger" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wēi xiǎn danger / dangerous
 wēi jí to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
 xiǎn danger / dangerous / rugged
 wēi danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 huàn to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry
 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
 yǐn huàn a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface
 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by
 jiù chū to rescue / to pluck from danger
 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger
 cā jiān ér guò to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death)
 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger
 ān wēi safety and danger / safety
 zhí miàn to face (reality, danger etc)
 jué dì danger spot / Jedi (in Star Wars)
 yù xiǎn to get into difficulties / to meet with danger
 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances / risky conditions / danger zone
 tuō xiǎn to get out of danger
 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
 bīn wēi endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill
 bì xiǎn to flee from danger / to avoid danger / to minimize risk / (finance) hedge
 jí jí kě wēi imminent danger (idiom) / approaching a crisis
 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
 chū xiǎn to get out of trouble / to escape from danger / a danger appears / threatened by danger
 yuán jiù to come to the aid of / to save / to rescue from danger / to relieve
 jū ān sī wēi to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament
 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
 qín wáng to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament
 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort
 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3]
 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition
 dāo shān huǒ hǎi lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
 méng nàn to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger
 bié to limp / to sprain (an ankle or wrist) / to move carefully, as if evading a danger / to scurry
 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse
 bù bì jiān xiǎn shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger / make light of difficulties and dangers
 zuò bù chuí táng lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom) / fig. keep out of danger
 zhì zhī sǐ dì to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
 dù zhòng mù zhé Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
 biàn shēng zhǒu yè lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 wēi jī sì fú danger lurks on every side (idiom)
 bǎi wú yī shī no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all
 kǎn a pit, a hole, a snare, a danger / a crisis / a mortar
 tuō lí wēi xiǎn out of danger / to avoid danger
 wēi ér bù chí national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects) / the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
 wēi pò urgent / pressing danger
 dān gè r erhua variant of 單個|单个[dan1 ge5]
 yán zhòng wēi hài severe harm / critical danger
 jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom) / fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
 píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
 xīn wēi xié new danger
 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
  UNESCO Red Book of Languages in Danger of Disappearing
  fragmentation hazard zone / fragmentation zone / fragmentation danger area
 wēi xiǎn shuǐ píng danger level
 wēi xiǎn chéng duó danger level
  immediate danger area
  List of World Heritage in Danger
  Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
 guó jì xiǎn zāi yuán zhù gōng sī International Danger and Disaster Assistance
  blast hazard zone / blast zone / blast danger area
  blast hazard zone / blast zone / blast danger area
 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
 qīng wēi in danger of collapse / in a parlous state / (of person) treacherous
 cuò huǒ jī xīn lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger
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