悬壶 (懸壺)
xuán hú
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 pot
  2. 2 classifier for bottled liquid
xuán yá
  1. 1 precipice
  2. 2 overhanging cliff
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
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
xuán niàn
  1. 1 suspense in a movie, play etc
  2. 2 concern for sb's welfare

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