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潜在威胁

qián zài wēi xiédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
potential threat / potential menace
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-97a599a971d6ac9a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

潛在威脅 潜在威胁 [qian2 zai4 wei1 xie2] /potential threat/potential menace/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 潛在威脅

  • 潜
    qián

    hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive

  • 在
    zài

    to exist / to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

  • 威
    wēi

    power / might / prestige

  • 胁
    xié

    flank (the side of one's torso) / to coerce / to threaten

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.