懸崖勒馬
xuán​yá​lè​mǎ

to rein in at the brink

  • created sense approved 悬崖勒马/懸崖勒馬 · xuán​yá​lè​mǎ · to rein in at the brink — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    悬崖勒马 / 懸崖勒馬

    xuán​yá​lè​mǎ

    to rein in at the brink

    literally to pull the reins of a horse at the edge of a cliff; figuratively to wake up to danger and stop before it is too late

    悬崖 (literal) → 悬崖/懸崖 · xuán​yá · cliff 勒马 (literal) → 勒马/勒馬 · lè​mǎ · to rein in a horse

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense