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Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「禍在旦夕」, with details below.

The idiom 「禍在旦夕」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Disaster is about to strike in a very short time. Describes a very dangerous situation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huò zài dàn xī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wo6 joi6 daan3 jik6

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