be placed in jeopardy(jí jí kě wēi)

be placed in jeopardy

The Chinese idiom, J í J í K ě w ē I in pinyin, means that it is very dangerous and is about to topple or perish. From Mencius, wanzhangshang.

Idiom usage

The building has been in disrepair for a long time. people's voices became more and more noisy, and even the sound of Dongdong, the second door hit by a brick, was very strong. The third chapter of a brief history of civilization by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Mencius wanzhangshang: "in this case, the world is in danger. It is in danger."

Idioms and allusions

Confucius was born in the spring and Autumn period (551 BC), while Mencius was born in the Warring States period (372 BC). Therefore, many of Confucius' remarks were left by word of mouth, and Mencius understood Confucianism in this way. With more people and more time, some comments will naturally spread beyond recognition. One day, Mencius' student Xian Qiumeng asked his teacher for advice and said, "I heard that a man of high moral character can't be treated by an emperor like a courtier, nor can a father treat him like a son. When Shun became emperor facing the south, Yao led the princes to pay homage to him to the north, and Shun's father Lu Yu also paid homage to him. When Shun saw that his father also came to worship him, his face was very uneasy. Confucius commented on this matter like this: "at such a time, the world is as dangerous as a mountain falling down." I wonder if Confucius really said such a thing? " Mencius immediately shook his head and replied, "no, how could Confucius say such a thing? That's just what the people in Qidong said. Confucius said: "there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two sons of heaven in the world." If Shun had become the emperor before Yao died, and he took charge of all the princes to keep filial piety for Emperor Yao for three years, wouldn't there be two emperors that day? "

Chinese PinYin : jí jí kě wēi