履險如夷 lǚ xiǎn rú yí

fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
  2. 2. lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
履 lǚ HSK 6
shoe; to tread on
險 xiǎn
dangerous; danger; rugged
如 rú HSK 3
as; such as; as if
夷 yí
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; to raze