Chinese

		a precarious situation similar to when eggs are piled high and about to come tumbling down	's; him/her/it; this	hurried; worried
simp. and trad. (累卵之急)		累卵	之	急

Idiom

累卵之急

1. (archaic) a precarious situation similar to when eggs are piled high and about to come tumbling down

References

• Luo, Guanzhong ((Can we date this quote?)) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 8, page 103, note 9 (in Mandarin), ISBN 957911305X