岌岌可危jí jí kě wēibetween the beetle and the block; extremely hazardous; danger hanging by a hair (/thread); in a perilous (/tottering) condition(/situation); in jeopardy;in imminent danger (/peril); precarious
❍ 当此国难深重之秋，若犹不思变计，则日汪肆扰于外，奸徒破坏于内，国脉民命，～。(《毛泽东选集》681) Now that there is a profound national crisis,with the Japanese and Wang Jingwei harassing us from without and the traitors disrupting us from within,our existence as a nation and people will be placed in jeopardy unless there is a change of policy.
❍ 长江在人们屋顶上奔流，让这～的时间过去吧！(刘白羽《火光在前》31)…its waters would be swirling over people’s roof tops. May these days of danger hanging by a thread quickly pass!/吴荪甫开在镇上那钱庄受这拖累，因此也是～，…… (茅盾《子夜》523) The local bank owned by Wu Sunfu was involved and now faced a crisis.
❍ 於斯时也，天下殆哉，岌岌乎！(《孟子·万章上》)At this time,in what a perilous condition was the empire! 岌岌可危in imminent danger;in a precarious situation;in great peril;in a critical condition |