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倒悬

Traditional: 倒懸
dào xuán
Dictionary entry
lit. to hang upside down

What does 倒悬 mean?

倒悬 (dào xuán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to hang upside down
2fig. in dire straits

Character breakdown

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倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt悬xuánto hang or suspend · to worry

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How to pronounce 倒悬

倒悬
dào xuán
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More linked vocabulary

倒悬之危dào xuán zhī wēilit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation倒悬之急dào xuán zhī jílit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation倒悬之苦dào xuán zhī kǔlit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒dàoto invert; to place upside down or frontside back倒下dǎo xiàto collapse倒伏dǎo fú(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat倒休dǎo xiūto shift holidays, taking a weekday off倒位dào wèiinversion倒仓dǎo cāngto transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)倒像dào xiàng(optics) inverted image倒刺dào cìbarb
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