lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom); fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
trad. 履險如夷
Also written 履險如夷【lǚ xiǎn rú yí】
Characters in this word
4履
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shoe, to tread on
- Pinyin
- lǚ
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 33320 of 2500
险
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danger, dangerous, rugged
- Pinyin
- xiǎn
- Traditional
- 險
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8676 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
夷
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non-Han people, esp. to the East of China, barbarians, to wipe out, to exterminate, to tear down, to raze
- Pinyin
- yí
- Strokes
- 6