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倒悬之急
dào​xuán​zhī​jí

dire straits

Origin Definitions Defs 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

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