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倒悬

dào xuán

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to hang upside down
  2. 2. fig. in dire straits

Words Containing 倒悬

倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ

lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

解民倒悬
jiě mín dào xuán

lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits

Child Words of 倒悬

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

悬
xuán

to hang or suspend