擦边

Traditional form:

擦邊

Pinyin (reading):

cābiān

Definitions:

• to make light contact with the edge of sth
• (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger)
• (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)

Characters:

• 擦 - to clean, to erase, to polish; a brush
• 边 - border, edge, margin, side

Traditional characters:

• 擦 - to clean, to erase, to polish; a brush
• 邊 - border, edge, margin, side