走险

to take risks / to run risks

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

danger / dangerous / rugged

to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)

variant of 鋌而走險|铤而走险[ting3 er2 zou3 xian3]