倒悬之苦

Traditional: 倒懸之苦

dào xuán zhī kǔ

Dictionary entry

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

What does 倒悬之苦 mean?

倒悬之苦 (dào xuán zhī kǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the pain 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 苦kǔbitter · hardship

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倒悬之苦

dào xuán zhī kǔ

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