"Perilous" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 惊险 | jīng xiǎn | perilous / touch-and-go / nerve-racking / suspenseful |   |
| 殆 |  dài | dangerous / perilous / to endanger / almost / probably / only | |
| 岌 | jí | lofty peak / perilous | |
| 岌嶪 | jí yè | high and steep / towering / perilous | |
| 惊涛骇浪 | jīng tāo hài làng | perilous situation | |
| 危局 | wēi jú | perilous situation | |
| 险峰 | xiǎn fēng | perilous peak / the lofty heights | |
| 畏途 | wèi tú | dangerous road / (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking | |
| 危径 | wēi jìng | steep and perilous path | |
| 无限风光在险峰 | wú xiàn fēng guāng zài xiǎn fēng | The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb) / fig. exhilaration follows a hard-won victory | |
| 伴君如伴虎 | bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ | being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom) | |
