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臨深履薄 (lam4 sam1 lei5 bok6) — always anxious and fearful; wading in deep water and treading on thin ice; to proceed with extreme caution in Cantonese

lamˎ₄臨samˉ¹深leiˏ₅履bokˍ₆薄
简 临深履薄
Mandarin Pinyin: lin2 shen1 lv3 bo2

Meaning of 臨深履薄

nounalways anxious and fearful; wading in deep water and treading on thin ice; to proceed with extreme caution

Characters in 臨深履薄

臨lam4
face; be near; be on the point of
深sam1
profound; mysterious; difficult; abstruse
履lei5
carry out; perform; go through
薄bok6
infertile; poor; barren

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