倒悬

dào xuán

Définitions

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

Mots contenant 倒悬

• 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi: lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
• 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí: 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
• 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

Mots composant 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