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铤而走险

tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn

4-character word Traditional 鋌而走險

What 铤而走险 means

1. to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)

The characters in 铤而走险

• 铤dìngingot
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged

Example sentences

• 铤而走险。
  Tǐng'érzǒuxiǎn.
  Necessity knows no law.

Sounds the same

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

• 挺而走险variant of 铤而走险