危在旦夕

wēi zài dàn xī

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

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Child Words of 危在旦夕

• 在 在 zài: to exist; to be alive
• 危 危 wēi: danger
• 夕 夕 xī: dusk
• 旦 旦 dàn: (literary) dawn; daybreak