| 险情 | xiǎn qíng | peril / dangerous circumstance |  |
| 千钧一发 | qiān jūn yī fà | a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death |  |
| 化险为夷 | huà xiǎn wéi yí | to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert disaster | |
| 危在旦夕 | wēi zài dàn xī | in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis | |
| 有备无患 | yǒu bèi wú huàn | Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom) | |
| 转危为安 | zhuǎn wēi wéi ān | to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert a danger (esp. political or medical) | |
| 危亡 | wēi wáng | at stake / in peril | |
| 黄祸 | huáng huò | yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations) | |
| 临难 | lín nàn | in peril / facing disaster | |
| 王力雄 | Wáng Lì xióng | Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸[Huang2 huo4] | |
| 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 | bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián | (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril | |
