(lit.) as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom); (fig.) extremely cautious
trad. 如臨深淵
Also written 如臨深淵【rú lín shēn yuān】
Characters in this word
4如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
临
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to face, to overlook, to arrive, to be (just) about to, just before
- Pinyin
- lín
- Traditional
- 臨
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2068 of 2500
深
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old variant of 深[shen1]
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Traditional
- 㴱
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3544 of 2500
渊
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deep pool, deep, profound
- Pinyin
- yuān
- Traditional
- 淵
- Strokes
- 11