遇险 yùxiǎn to get into difficulties
to get into difficulties; to meet with danger
How to remember 遇险: 遇 encounter + 险 risky = to get into difficulties.
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How it is used
- 'To meet with danger / run into trouble' - of ships, planes, climbers - 船只在海上遇险 (chuánzhī zài hǎishàng yùxiǎn) the vessel got into distress at sea.
- News/rescue register; pairs with 遇险信号 (distress signal) and 遇险求救 (call for help in danger).
- The 遇 (encounter) + 险 (danger) frame: unexpectedly hitting a perilous situation, not necessarily dying.