上吊 shàngdiào

shàngdiào verb to hang; to die by hanging
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语

Contained in

• 不要在一棵树上吊死(不要在一棵樹上吊死) don't insist on only taking one road to Rome; there's more than one way to skin a cat
• 一哭二闹三上吊(一哭二鬧三上吊) to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 111 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第四十回 Chapter 40 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 69 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 卷八十八 儒林傳 Volume 88: Confucian Scholars Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 26 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1

Collocations

• 树上吊 (樹上吊) 你看那樹上吊的不是個人麼 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十回 Chapter 40 — count: 3