危而不持

Traditional form:

危而不持

Pinyin (reading):

wēi'érbùchí

Definitions:

• national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue

Characters:

• 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain

Traditional characters:

• 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain