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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 desperate situation, metaphorically compared to the crisis of being hanged upside down

Frequency

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0.004 per million

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