Read Edit View history Discussion 悬崖勒马 xuányálèmǎ to rein in at the brink Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuányálèmǎ 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 Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.355 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuányálèmǎ 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 Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.355 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)