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臨深履薄. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
臨深履薄, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
臨深履薄 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before |
deep; profound
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shoe; to tread on
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thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
| trad. (臨深履薄)
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臨
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深
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履
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薄
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| simp. (临深履薄)
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临
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深
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履
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薄
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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
Idiom
臨深履薄
- (figurative) act with extreme caution