朝不保夕

zhāobùbǎoxī

not know at dawn what may happen by dusk; be in a precarious state

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precarious

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precarious

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zhao1 bu4 bao3 xi1

at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state, imminent crisis, living from hand to mouth

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朝不保夕

zhāo bù bǎo xī

hang by a thread; Anything may happen any time.; be not worth a day's purchase; be in a precarious state -- in imminent danger of death; cannot keep the wolf from the door; live in constant fear for one's livelihood; live from hand to mouth; not to know at dawn what may happen by dusk; not to know in the morning what may happen in the evening; may collapse any day; may fall any moment:

过着朝不保夕的生活 make a precarious living;

病人已朝不保夕。 The patient's condition is critical.

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朝不保夕|朝不保夕 [zhāo bù bǎo xī] ► at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state ► imminent crisis ► living from hand to mouth