事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

事 shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
危 wēi dangerous, precarious; high
累 lěi tired; implicate, involve; bother
卵 luǎn egg; ovum; roe; spawn