累卵

Chinese

		accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome	ovum
simp. and trad. (累卵)		累	卵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěiluǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěiluǎn [Phonetic: léiluǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěiluǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lei³-luan³
    • Yale: lěi-lwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeiloan
    • Palladius: лэйлуань (lɛjluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

累卵

1. (literary, figurative) delicate balancing act (precarious situation analogous to a leaning pile of eggs)

Derived terms

• 事危累卵
• 危如累卵 (wēirúlěiluǎn)
• 危於累卵／危于累卵
• 累卵之危
• 累卵之急 (lěiluǎnzhījí)