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倒悬之危

dào xuán zhī wēi

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 倒悬之危

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 倒 倒 dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
• 倒 倒 dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
• 悬 悬 xuán: to hang or suspend
• 倒悬 倒悬 dào xuán: lit. to hang upside down
• 危 危 wēi: danger