倒悬之急 (倒懸之急)
dào xuán zhī jí
Pinyin
Definition
倒悬之急 (倒懸之急)
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- lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- dire straits
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
- 2 him
- 3 her
- 4 it
- 1 before
- 2 prior to
- 3 ago
- 4 previously
- 5 beforehand
- 1 afterwards
- 2 following
- 3 later
- 4 after
- 1 between
- 2 among
- 3 inter-
- 1 to fall
- 2 to collapse
- 3 to lie horizontally
- 4 to overthrow
- 5 to fail
- 6 to go bankrupt
- 7 to change (trains or buses)
- 8 to move around
- 9 to resell at a profit
Idioms (20)
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
- 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
- 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
- 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)