如临深渊
Traditional form:
如臨深淵
Pinyin (reading):
rúlínshēnyuān
Definitions:
- lit. as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom)
- fig. extremely cautious
Characters:
- 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 临 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
- 深 - deep, profound; depth
- 渊 - abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up
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