倒悬之急

Traditional: 倒懸之急

dào xuán zhī jí

Dictionary entry

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

What does 倒悬之急 mean?

倒悬之急 (dào xuán zhī jí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

2dire 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 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 急jíurgent · pressing

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倒悬之急

dào xuán zhī jí

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