岌岌可危jí jí kě wēibetween the beetle and the block; extremely hazardous; danger hanging by a hair (/thread); in a perilous (/tottering) condition(/situation); in jeopardy;in imminent danger (/peril); precarious
? 當此國難深重之秋，若猶不思變計，則日汪肆擾于外，奸徒破壞于內，國脈民命，～。(《毛澤東選集》681) Now that there is a profound national crisis,with the Japanese and Wang Jingwei harassing us from without and the traitors disrupting us from within,our existence as a nation and people will be placed in jeopardy unless there is a change of policy.
? 長江在人們屋頂上奔流，讓這～的時間過去吧！(劉白羽《火光在前》31)…its waters would be swirling over people’s roof tops. May these days of danger hanging by a thread quickly pass!/吳蓀甫開在鎮(zhèn)上那錢莊受這拖累，因此也是～，…… (茅盾《子夜》523) The local bank owned by Wu Sunfu was involved and now faced a crisis.
? 於斯時也，天下殆哉，岌岌乎！(《孟子·萬章上》)At this time,in what a perilous condition was the empire! 岌岌可危in imminent danger;in a precarious situation;in great peril;in a critical condition |