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danger / dangerous
HSK 3
to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger / harmful effect; damage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
crisis / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
critical / desperate (situation)
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
HSK 7-9
to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
HSK 7-9
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surname Wei
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danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
decrepit house
to be critically ill / to be terminally ill
endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill
calamity
high-risk
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
(literary) tall building / dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
close to death / life-threatening (illness)
at stake / in peril
dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds
perilous situation
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
to sit upright and still (idiom)
dangerous road
safety and danger / safety
critically ill
to help those in distress (idiom)
dangerous situation / venerable old age
precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state
to help those in distress (idiom)
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
deathly ill
grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition
to startle sb with scary tale
to help those in distress
afraid / apprehensive
to help people in distress
in danger of collapse / in a parlous state / (of person) treacherous
subprime mortgage crisis / abbr. for 次級房屋信貸危機|次级房屋信贷危机
financial crisis
harmfulness
economic crisis
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora / CITES
hazardous materials
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
subprime mortgage crisis
critically ill patient
to break out of a crisis
hazard lights
precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
credit crisis
upright and plainspoken (idiom)
(medicine) in a critical condition
(idiom) physically and mentally exhausted
Guatemalan (person)
precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
credit crisis
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
to risk one's life
grave situation
Guatemala
hazard assessment
steep and perilous path
risk
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
urgent / pressing danger
mortgage crisis
endangered species
energy crisis
out of danger / to avoid danger
monetary crisis
to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).


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