Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「危在旦夕」, with more below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「危在旦夕」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Danxi: morning and evening, used to describe a short period of time. Describes the danger that is right in front of you.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wēi zài dàn xī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngai4 joi6 daan3 jik6
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