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事危累卵

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
事危累卵 shìwēilěiluǎn	事危累卵 \| 事危累卵* \| *事危累卵	lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
事	事 \| 事* \| *事	8画亅了 + 7	shì	affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident	si6	5000.7 JLLN


危	危 \| 危* \| *危	6画卩 + 4	wēi, wéi	dangerous, precarious; high; 12th lunar mansion, determinative star α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)	ngai4	2721.2 NMSU


累	累 \| 累* \| *累	11画糸糹 + 5	lèi, lěi, léi, lǜ, liè	tired; implicate, involve; bother	leoi6	纍 6090.3 WVIF


卵	卵 \| 卵* \| *卵	7画卩 + 5	luǎn	egg; ovum; roe; spawn	leon2	7772.0 HHSLI

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Simplified		English Definition
事危累卵 shìwēilěiluǎn	事危累卵 \| 事危累卵* \| *事危累卵	lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture


事 shì	事 \| 事* \| *事	matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁｜桩, 回


危　Wēi	危 \| 危* \| *危	surname Wei


危　wēi	危 \| 危* \| *危	danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2]


累　　léi	累 \| 累* \| *累	used in 累累 / used in 累贅｜累赘 and 累墜｜累坠


累　　lěi	累 \| 累* \| *累	to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated


累　　lèi	累 \| 累* \| *累	tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard


累　　léi	累 \| 累* \| *累	used in 纍纍｜累累


卵　　　luǎn	卵 \| 卵* \| *卵	egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking