危在旦夕

wēi zài dàn xī

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Definitions

  1. 1. in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2. on the brink of crisis

Child Words of 危在旦夕

在
zài

to exist; to be alive

危
wēi

danger

夕
xī

Taiwan pr. [xì]

旦
dàn

(literary) dawn; daybreak