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倒悬之急
dào​xuán​zhī​jí

dire straits

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
倒悬之急 倒懸之急 dào​xuán​zhī​jí
dire straits
an extremely critical or dangerous situation; literally refers to the crisis of being hung upside down by the feet

Frequency

Written text
0.004 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 累卵之危 lěi​luǎn​zhī​wēi
  • 倒悬之苦 dào​xuán​zhī​kǔ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)