如臨深淵

Chinese

		as (if); such as	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	abyss; abyss; catastrophic situation
trad. (如臨深淵)		如	臨	深淵
simp. (如临深渊)		如	临	深渊
Literally: “like on the edge of an abyss”.

Etymology

See 戰戰兢兢／战战兢兢 (zhànzhànjīngjīng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúlínshēnyuān

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄣㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu² lam⁴ sam¹ jyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rúlínshēnyuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄣㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rulinsheniuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ lin³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ y̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu² lam⁴ sam¹ jyun¹
  - Yale: yú làhm sām yūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy² lam⁴ sam¹ jyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu² lem⁴ sem¹ yun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː³⁵ lɐm²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

如臨深淵

(figuratively) to be extremely cautious

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