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倒懸之急

简倒悬之急 · 繁倒懸之急

Mandarin · pinyin dào xuán zhī jí

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

Characters in this entry

倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
懸: Look up this written character
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
急: jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
悬: xuán · hang, suspend, hoist; be hung

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4–2–1–2 · dao4 xuan2 zhi1 ji2

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dou3 jyun4 zi1 gap1

Cantonese word readings for 倒懸之急. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

dou3 jyun4 zi1 gap1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.