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殆

dài

almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger

🔤 Pictophonetic: 歹 (death) provides meaning, 台 provides pronunciation
HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (32%)
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歹
dǎi
corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
台
tái
platform; unit; term of address
⿰歹台 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

dǎi
歹
corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
📷 Pictographic: A corpse
4 strokes HSK 6
tái
台
platform; unit; term of address
5 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 殆 (8)

dài
殆 ↗
dangerous / perilous / to endanger / almost / probably / only
wēidài
危殆 ↗
grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition
sàngshīdàijìn
丧失殆尽 ↗
to lose everything
xuéérbùsīzéwǎng,sīérbùxuézédài
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 ↗
To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
dàijìn
殆尽 ↗
nearly exhausted / practically nothing left
zhījǐzhībǐ,bǎizhànbùdài
知己知彼，百战不殆 ↗
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" [[孫子兵法|孙子兵法<SūnzǐBīngfǎ>]])
zhībǐzhījǐ,bǎizhànbùdài
知彼知己，百战不殆 ↗
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
bǎizhànbùdài
百战不殆 ↗
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" [[孫子兵法|孙子兵法<SūnzǐBīngfǎ>]]); to win every fight