如履薄冰

Traditional form:

如履薄冰

Pinyin (reading):

rúlübóbīng

Definitions:

• lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
• fig. to be extremely cautious
• to be skating on thin ice

Characters:

• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 履 - shoes; to walk, to tread
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 冰 - ice; ice-cold

Traditional characters:

• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 履 - shoes; to walk, to tread
• 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 冰 - ice; ice-cold