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danger · dangerous

危险
wēi xiǎn
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It is dangerous to drink too much.
酒喝太多很危险。
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, to risk their lives for us.
就在我们今晚站在这里的时刻，我们知道勇敢的美国士兵在伊拉克的沙漠里和阿富汗的群山中醒来，他们冒着生命危险来保护着我们的生命。
The inverse of a non-square matrix is a dangerous thing.
非方矩阵的逆阵是一个危险的东西。
It is dangerous to jump onto a moving train.
跳上一列正在开的火车是很危险的。
In real combat, you must not forget that hesitation is a very dangerous thing.
在实战中，你要知道三心二意是很危险的。
Synonyms
Synonyms
(lit.) as if walking on thin ice (idiom) · (fig.) extremely cautious如履薄冰rú lu:3 bó bīngin imminent peril (danger) · like fish swimming in a cooking pot鱼游釜中yú yóu fǔ zhōngby (or with) the skin of one's teeth · a hundredweight hanging by hair in imminent peril · a thousand piculs suspended by a single hair · in a most dangerous condition (very critical situation) · an impending disaster · hang upon a thread · be in the balance · the sword of Damocles一发千钧yī fà qiān jūncritical · desperate (situation)危急wēi jí(lit.) to show the wolf into the house (idiom) · (fig.) to introduce a potential source of trouble引狼入室yǐn láng rù shìlit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) · fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse饮鸩止渴yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
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