悬壶 (懸壺)
xuán hú
Pinyin
Definition
悬壶 (懸壺)
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- (literary) to practice medicine
- to work as a pharmacist
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 pot
- 2 classifier for bottled liquid
- 1 precipice
- 2 overhanging cliff
- 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
- 2 eloquent
- 3 glib
- 4 voluble
- 5 have the gift of the gab
- 1 to hang or suspend
- 2 to worry
- 3 public announcement
- 4 unresolved
- 5 baseless
- 6 without foundation
- 1 suspense in a movie, play etc
- 2 concern for sb's welfare
Idioms (16)
倒悬之危
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
冰壶秋月
- 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 flawless person
口若悬河
- 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
- 2 eloquent
- 3 glib
- 4 voluble
- 5 have the gift of the gab