雷区 (léi ōu) — minefield (literal area of mines; also figurative dangerous situation)
Definition
Literally a field of mines, but in modern Chinese it is almost always used figuratively to mean a sensitive topic or dangerous situation to avoid. Pair with the measure word 片.
noun
minefield (literal area of mines; also figurative dangerous situation)
Measure word · 片
Examples
- 雷区。Shì bīng men xiǎo xīn dì chuān yuè le léi ōu.The soldiers carefully crossed the minefield.
- 雷区，。Zhè ge wèn tí shì gè léi ōu, nǐ zuì hǎo bié pèng.This issue is a minefield; you'd better not touch it.
- 雷区，。Tā jìn rù le fǎ lǜ shàng de léi ōu, shāo bú zhù yì jiù huì chū wèn tí.He entered a legal minefield; one misstep could cause problems.
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