如履薄冰
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Chinese[edit]
as (if); such as | shoe; to tread on | thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
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trad. (如履薄冰) | 如 | 履 | 薄 | 冰 | |
simp. #(如履薄冰) | 如 | 履 | 薄 | 冰 | |
Literally: “like treading on thin ice”. |
Etymology[edit]
See 戰戰兢兢/战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng).
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
如履薄冰
- (figurative) to be very careful; to act with extreme caution
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