Xu Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Mound (fù) Page 1348, Entry 02 Pronounced yu lian (entering tone), same as "yan". "Wall is dangerous." - Explanations from Shuowen Jiezi. "Dangerous." - Explanations from Yupian. "Facing danger." - Explanations from Guangyun. "How could there be one who endangers the world so greatly?" - Han Dynasty, Treatise on Food and Money (Shihuozhi). Note: The pronunciation is the same as "yan", and also pronounced "ding nian fan". Pronounced du nian (entering tone), same as "dian", and the same as the character "dian", also written as "nian", meaning to sink. - Explanations from Jiyun. "My body is near death and peril, yet looking back at my beginning, I have no regrets." - Qu Yuan, Li Sao. "Some are on the brink of death." - Han Dynasty, Annals of Emperor Wen (Wendi Ji). Ru Chun's explanation: "Near the edge, about to fall." Fu Qian's explanation: the pronunciation is the same as "zhan" in "fan zhan". Meng Kang's explanation: the pronunciation is the same as "yan" in "wu yan". Shigu's explanation: both pronunciations by Fu Qian and Meng Kang are acceptable.