created sense approved 倒悬/倒懸 · dàoxuán · to hang upside down — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
倒悬 / 倒懸
dàoxuán
to hang upside down
to hang with the head downward and the feet upward
倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 悬 (literal) → 悬/懸 · xuán · to hang
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 倒悬/倒懸 · dàoxuán · to be in dire straits — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
倒悬 / 倒懸
dàoxuán
to be in dire straits
(literary) to be in an extremely difficult or critical situation; to be in a state of extreme suffering
倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 悬 (literal) → 悬/懸 · xuán · to hang
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition