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危wēi在zài旦dàn夕xī

  1. in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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4
危
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surname Wei

Pinyin
Wēi
Strokes
6
Frequency
23722 of 2500
Words starting with 危Words ending in 危Anywhere in a word
在
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Pinyin
zài
Strokes
6
Frequency
6 of 2500
Words starting with 在Words ending in 在Anywhere in a word
旦
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(literary) dawn; daybreak, dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

Pinyin
dàn
Strokes
5
Frequency
33151 of 2500
Words starting with 旦Words ending in 旦Anywhere in a word
夕
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) sunset; dusk, (bound form) evening; night, Taiwan pr. [xi4]

Pinyin
xī
Strokes
3
Frequency
42359 of 2500
Words starting with 夕Words ending in 夕Anywhere in a word