险[xiǎn]

名a place difficult of access; a narrow pass; defile

♦ 无~可守 have no tenable defence position; be strategically indefensible

形

1. dangerous; perilous

♦ 山又高又陡, 而且雪深没膝, 爬上去好~呀。 The mountain was high and steep, and the snow knee-deep. It was really dangerous to climb.

2. sinister; vicious; venomous

♦ 阴险

副by a hair's breadth; by inches; nearly

♦ ~遭不幸 come within an ace of death

♦ 好~哪! That was a near thing!