危如累卵

Traditional form:

危如累卵

Pinyin (reading):

wēirúlěiluǎn

Definitions:

• precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
• in a dangerous state

Characters:

• 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 累 - tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
• 卵 - egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn

Traditional characters:

• 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 累 - tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance
• 卵 - egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn