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挺而走险

tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn

4-character word Traditional 挺而走險

What 挺而走险 means

1. variant of {铤而走险|tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn}

The characters in 挺而走险

• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged

Sounds the same

Read tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铤而走险to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)

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