臨深履薄

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	deep; profound	shoe; to tread on	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (臨深履薄)		臨	深	履	薄
simp. (临深履薄)		临	深	履	薄

Etymology

Short for 如臨深淵，如履薄冰／如临深渊，如履薄冰 (rúlínshēnyuān, rúlǚbóbīng, “as if on the brink of a chasm; as if treading upon a thin layer of ice”). See 戰戰兢兢／战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng) for details.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línshēnlǚbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄣ ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línshēnlǚbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄣ ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línshenlyǔbó
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-shên¹-lü³-po²
    • Yale: lín-shēn-lyǔ-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linshenleubor
    • Palladius: линьшэньлюйбо (linʹšɛnʹljujbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

Idiom

臨深履薄

1. (figurative) act with extreme caution