危在旦夕 wēi zài dàn xī

DEFINITIONS

  1. in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. on the brink of crisis

CHARACTERS

危 wēi dangerous, precarious; high
在 zài be at, in, on; consist in, rest
旦 dàn dawn; morning; day
夕 xī evening, night, dusk; slanted