倒懸之危
dào​xuán​zhī​wēi

critical situation

  • created sense approved 倒悬之危/倒懸之危 · dào​xuán​zhī​wēi · critical situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒悬之危 / 倒懸之危

    dào​xuán​zhī​wēi

    critical situation

    Literally "the crisis of being hung upside down"; used as an idiom to describe being in extremely dire straits, an urgent danger, or at the brink of destruction.

    dào​xuán​zhī​wéi

    倒悬 (literal) → 倒悬/倒懸 · dào​xuán · to be in dire straits 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous

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