事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn

in a very dangerous, shaky situation

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

Characters

Character Meaning
matter; thing; affair
danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
tired; weary; to work hard
egg; (coll.) testicles; (expletive) fucking