以慎为键

yǐ shèn wéi jiàn

to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully

以

yǐ

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

慎

shèn

old variant of 慎[shen4]

为

wéi

variant of 為|为[wei2]

键

jiàn

key (on a piano or computer keyboard)