悬壶
xuán hú
Pinyin

Definition

悬壶
 - 
xuán hú
  1. (literary) to practice medicine
  2. to work as a pharmacist

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

壶
hú
  1. 1 pot
  2. 2 classifier for bottled liquid
悬崖
xuán yá
  1. 1 precipice
  2. 2 overhanging cliff
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
悬
xuán
  1. 1 to hang or suspend
  2. 2 to worry
  3. 3 public announcement
  4. 4 unresolved
  5. 5 baseless
  6. 6 without foundation
悬念
xuán niàn
  1. 1 suspense in a movie, play etc
  2. 2 concern for sb's welfare
悬挂
xuán guà
  1. 1 to suspend
  2. 2 to hang
  3. 3 (vehicle) suspension
悬殊
xuán shū
  1. 1 widely different
  2. 2 large disparity
悬浮
xuán fú
  1. 1 to float (in the air etc)
  2. 2 suspension
悬疑
xuán yí
  1. 1 suspense
悬空
xuán kōng
  1. 1 to hang in the air
  2. 2 suspended in midair
  3. 3 (fig.) uncertain
悬赏
xuán shǎng
  1. 1 to offer a reward
  2. 2 bounty
水壶
shuǐ hú
  1. 1 kettle
  2. 2 canteen
  3. 3 watering can
茶壶
chá hú
  1. 1 teapot
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
便壶
biàn hú
  1. 1 bed urinal
  2. 2 chamber pot
倒悬
dào xuán
  1. 1 lit. to hang upside down
  2. 2 fig. in dire straits
冰壶
bīng hú
  1. 1 jade pot for cold water
  2. 2 curling (sport)
  3. 3 curling puck
咖啡壶
kā fēi hú
  1. 1 coffee pot
  2. 2 coffee maker
喷壶
pēn hú
  1. 1 spray bottle
夜壶
yè hú
  1. 1 chamber pot
悬停
xuán tíng
  1. 1 to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)

Idioms (16)

倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
  1. 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
  2. 2 to talk about sb's weak point
天地悬隔
tiān dì xuán gé
  1. 1 lit. a gulf between heaven and earth
  2. 2 wide difference of opinion (idiom)
悬崖勒马
xuán yá lè mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act in the nick of time
悬崖峭壁
xuán yá qiào bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
悬崖绝壁
xuán yá jué bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
明镜高悬
míng jìng gāo xuán
  1. 1 perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
众寡悬殊
zhòng guǎ xuán shū
  1. 1 the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
  2. 2 unequally matched
  3. 3 overwhelmed by weight of numbers
箪食壶浆
dān shí hú jiāng
  1. 1 to receive troops with food and drink (idiom)
  2. 2 to give troops a hearty welcome
  3. 3 also pr. [dān sì hú jiāng]
解民倒悬
jiě mín dào xuán
  1. 1 lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly

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