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Character Decomposition
殆=歹+台
Etymology
death
Meanings
(literary) dangerous; perilous
(literary) almost; well-nigh
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Words with 殆 24 total
grave danger · in jeopardy · in a critical condition危殆wēi dàialmost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left殆尽dài jìnto come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War"); to win every fight百战不殆bǎi zhàn bù dàito be used up · to be exhausted丧失殆尽sàng shī dài jìnknow yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")知己知彼，百战不殆zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dàiknowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")知彼知己，百战不殆zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dàiTo learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài
Idioms with 殆 5 total Chain
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