悬 (懸)
xuán
Pinyin

Definition

悬 (懸)
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xuán
  1. to hang or suspend
  2. to worry
  3. public announcement
  4. unresolved
  5. baseless
  6. without foundation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

悬崖
xuán yá
  1. 1 precipice
  2. 2 overhanging cliff
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

Idioms (13)

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
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
天地悬隔
tiān dì xuán gé
  1. 1 lit. a gulf between heaven and earth
  2. 2 wide difference of opinion (idiom)

Sample Sentences

真的很厉害！那么100米接力赛，牙买加队应该也是毫无悬念地夺冠了吧。
zhēnde hěn lìhai ！nàme yībǎi mǐ jiēlìsài ，yámǎijiā duì yīnggāi yě shì háowú xuánniàn de duóguàn le ba 。
That's really amazing! The Jamaican team would undoubtedly have won the title of the 100 meter relay.
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那都只是杯水车薪，而且还有附加条件。总之事实是世界各国的贫富差距越来越悬殊！
nà dōu zhǐshì bēishuǐchēxīn ，érqiě hái yǒu fùjiātiáojiàn 。zǒngzhī shìshí shì shìjiègèguó de pínfù chājù yuèláiyuè xuán shū ！
That's just a drop in the bucket, and there are strings attached. In the end, the truth is that the gap between rich and poor in every country in the world is getting wider all the time!
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从古代的“头悬梁，锥刺股”到现代的“爱拼才会赢”，都在暗示孩子们“我拿青春赌明天”。
cóng gǔdài de “tóu xuán Liáng ，zhuī cì gǔ ”dào xiàndài de “ài pīn cái huì yíng ”，dōu zài ànshì háizi men “wǒ ná qīngchūn dǔ míngtiān ”。
From the “Sword in the Stone” of the past to the modern “I fight to win”, they all imply that youth is but a bargain chip for the future.
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战争是一面镜子，能够让人更好认识和平的珍贵。今天，和平与发展已经成为时代主题，但世界仍很不太平，战争的达摩克利斯之剑依然悬在人类头上，我们要以史为鉴，坚定维护和平的决心。
zhànzhēng shì yī miàn jìngzi ，nénggòu ràngrén gèng hǎo rènshi hépíng de zhēnguì 。jīntiān ，hépíng yǔ fāzhǎn yǐjīng chéngwéi shídài zhǔtí ，dàn shìjiè réng hěn bù tàipíng ，zhànzhēng de Dámókèlìsī zhī jiàn yīrán xuán zài rénlèi tóu shàng ，wǒmen yào yǐ shǐ wèi jiàn ，jiāndìng wéihù hépíng de juéxīn 。
War is a mirror, it allows people to know the value of peace better. Today, peace and development have become the theme of the new era, but the world is still far from peaceful, the Damocles’ sword of war still hangs above the heads of humanity. We should take history as a warning, and be firm in our determination for peace.
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那可了不起了，配角奖项部分，女配角比较没有悬念，男配角就比较难预测，几乎大家都有机会。
nà kě liǎobuqǐ le ，pèijué jiǎngxiàng bùfen ，nǚ pèijué bǐjiào méiyǒu xuánniàn ，nán pèijué jiù bǐjiào nán yùcè ，jīhū dàjiā dōu yǒu jīhuì 。
That's really something, eh? As to the supporting role categories, the best supporting actress category hasn't got as much suspense around it, whereas the best supporting actor is harder to predict, almost everyone has an opportunity.
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你知道日本有位叫做东野圭吾的作家吗？他是一个专门写侦探小说的悬疑小说家，他的作品值得一看。
nǐ zhīdào Rìběn yǒu wèi jiào zuò Dōngyě Guīwú de zuòjiā ma ？tā shì yī gè zhuānmén xiě zhēntàn xiǎoshuō de xuányí xiǎoshuōjiā ，tā de zuòpǐn zhídéyīkàn 。
Do you know a Japanese author called Keigo Higashino? He is a thriller novelist who specializes in detective novels. His work is worth a read.
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最近有什么有趣的书可推荐的吗？最好是悬疑类的书籍，我对这类作品比较感兴趣。
zuìjìn yǒu shénme yǒuqù de shū kě tuījiàn de ma ？zuì hǎo shì xuányí lèi de shūjí ，wǒ duì zhèlèi zuòpǐn bǐjiào gǎn xìngqù 。
Have you got any interesting books to recommend? Ideally a thriller, I'm more interested in that kind of book.
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那我就推荐他的第一部侦探小说给你吧，名字叫做《放学后》。这是一部校园悬疑小说，情节紧凑，结局出人意料。
nà wǒ jiù tuījiàn tā de dì yī bù zhēntàn xiǎoshuō gěi nǐ ba ，míngzi jiàozuò 《fàngxué hòu 》。zhè shì yī bù xiàoyuán xuányí xiǎoshuō ，qíngjié jǐncòu ，jiéjú chūrényìliào 。
Then I'll recommend his first detective novel. It's called 'After School'. It's a thriller based in school, the plot is very fast-paced and the ending is really unexpected.
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欸，不错，其中最有分量的就是第三十一届江户川乱步奖，这是日本国内给予悬疑侦探小说家的最高荣誉。
ǎi ，bùcuò ，qízhōng zuì yǒu fènliang de jiùshì dì sānshíyī jiè jiānghù chuānluànbù jiǎng ，zhè shì Rìběn guónèi jǐyǔ xuányí zhēntàn xiǎoshuōjiā de zuì gāo róngyù 。
Ah, great, the biggest of those was the thirty first Edogawa Rampo Award, the highest award for thriller crime novels within Japan.
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听说东野圭吾现在可是个炙手可热的悬疑小说家了，他的很多作品还被改编成了电影。
tīngshuō Dōngyě Guīwú xiànzài kěshì gè zhìshǒukěrè de xuányí xiǎoshuōjiā le ，tā de hěn duō zuòpǐn hái bèi gǎibiān chéng le diànyǐng 。
I hear Keigo Higashino is a really popular thriller novelist right now, many of his works have been adapted into films.
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