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倒悬之急

dào xuán zhī jí

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 倒悬之急

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

急
jí

urgent

悬
xuán

to hang or suspend

倒悬
dào xuán

lit. to hang upside down