险些 | xiǎn xiē | narrowly / almost / nearly | |
失之交臂 | shī zhī jiāo bì | to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip | |
大篆 | dà zhuàn | the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts | |
党同伐异 | dǎng tóng fá yì | to be narrowly partisan / to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views | |
虎口余生 | hǔ kǒu yú shēng | lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death |