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Trad. 危樓
- (literary) tall building
- dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
Trad. 傾危
- in danger of collapse
- in a parlous state
- (of person) treacherous
Trad. 危機感
- sense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability (often actively cultivated to spur preparedness or action)
- to take advantage of sb's precarious position
Trad. 次貸危機
- subprime mortgage crisis
- abbr. for 次級房屋信貸危機|次级房屋信贷危机[ci4 ji2 fang2 wu1 xin4 dai4 wei1 ji1]
- to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)
- in imminent peril (idiom)
- on the brink of crisis
Trad. 力盡神危
- (idiom) physically and mentally exhausted
- precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
- precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
- in a dangerous state
Trad. 危機四伏
- danger lurks on every side (idiom)
- national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
- precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
Trad. 濟危扶困
- to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
Trad. 倒懸之危
- lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- dire straits
Trad. 危言聳聽
- frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
- reds under the beds
Trad. 濟困扶危
- to help those in distress (idiom)
- imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis
Trad. 扶危濟困
- to help those in distress (idiom)
Trad. 扶困濟危
- see 濟危扶困|济危扶困[ji4 wei1 fu2 kun4]
- to think of danger in times of safety
- to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
Trad. 轉危為安
- to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
- lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
Trad. 臨危受命
- (idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
Trad. 臨危授命
- to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
Trad. 冒生命危險
- to risk one's life
Trad. 危地馬拉人
- Guatemalan (person)
Trad. 次級房屋信貸危機
- subprime mortgage crisis
Trad. 道高益安，勢高益危
- 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).