如臨深淵
Chinese
editas (if); such as | to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before |
abyss; abyss; catastrophic situation | ||
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trad. (如臨深淵) | 如 | 臨 | 深淵 | |
simp. (如临深渊) | 如 | 临 | 深渊 | |
Literally: “like on the edge of an abyss”. |
Etymology
editSee 戰戰兢兢/战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄣ ㄩㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rúlínshenyuan
- Wade–Giles: ju2-lin2-shên1-yüan1
- Yale: rú-lín-shēn-ywān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rulinsheniuan
- Palladius: жулиньшэньюань (žulinʹšɛnʹjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ lin³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu2 lam4 sam1 jyun1
- Yale: yú làhm sām yūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy2 lam4 sam1 jyn1
- Guangdong Romanization: yu2 lem4 sem1 yun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː³⁵ lɐm²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: nyo lim syim 'wen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*na (p.)rum [l̥][ə]m [ʔ]ʷˤi[ŋ]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*nja b·rɯm hljum qʷiːn/
Idiom
edit如臨深淵
- (figurative) to be extremely cautious
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