surname Wei

danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]

imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis

to be critically ill; to be terminally ill

dying (from illness); facing death; on one's deathbed

in danger of collapse; in a parlous state; (of person) treacherous

(medicine) in a critical condition

close to death; life-threatening (illness)

to help those in distress

to help people in distress

endangered (species); in imminent danger; critically ill

high-risk

to take advantage of sb's precarious position

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; dire straits

(idiom) physically and mentally exhausted

to think of danger in times of safety; to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)

see 濟危扶困|济危扶困[ji4 wei1 fu2 kun4]

to help those in distress (idiom)

to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)

More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).