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岌岌可危

jí jí kě wēi

4-character word

What 岌岌可危 means

1. imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis

The characters in 岌岌可危

• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi

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