临深履薄
      Explanation: Facing the abyss, foot thin ice. Analogy careful lest you lose something.
      Usage: Joint type; as the predicate attribute; containing derogatory
      Source: "Little Book of Xiao Ya Min": "fear and trepidation, immersive abyss, treading on thin ice."
      Examples: I not ~, thought to quit? ("End of the Later Han Yang Chuan")
  • Thesaurus:  put a fire under a pile of faggots— a hidden danger, a blind man on a blind horse— — rushing headlong to disaster, (literally) to walk on ice--cautious Pro Yuan, Carry out a deep thin, toward Less evening, sit without approaching the stair way, a blind man on a blind horse— — rushing headlong to disaster