如履薄冰

Chinese

		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	ice
simp. and trad. (如履薄冰)		如	履	薄	冰
Literally: “like treading on thin ice”.

Etymology

See 戰戰兢兢／战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúlǚbóbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ lei⁵ bok⁶ bing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rúlǚbóbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruleuborbing
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ lei⁵ bok⁶ bing¹
  - Yale: yùh léih bohk bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ lei⁵ bok⁹ bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ léi⁵ bog⁶ bing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lei̯¹³ pɔːk̚² pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

如履薄冰

(figuratively) to be very careful; to act with extreme caution

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