刀尖儿上翻跟头，玩儿命的事刀尖兒上翻跟頭，玩兒命的事刀尖兒上翻跟頭，玩兒命的事

doing somersaults on a knife point: playing with your life

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes something extremely dangerous that risks one's life.
Wordplay: 玩儿命 (wánrmìng) literally means play with one's life, i.e. do something life-threatening.

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Simplified: 刀尖儿上翻跟头，玩儿命的事
Traditional (Taiwan): 刀尖兒上翻跟頭，玩兒命的事
Pinyin: dāo jiānr shàng fāngēntou, wánrmìng de shì
Bopomofo: ㄉㄠㄐㄧㄢㄦㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄢㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄨㄢˊㄦㄇㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄕˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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