倒悬 (倒懸) dǎo xuán
dǎo xuán
set phrase
to hang upside down
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Figuratively, in dire straits (CC-CEDICT '倒懸')
Contained in
- 倒悬之苦(倒懸之苦) the pain of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
- 倒悬之急(倒懸之急) the crisis of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
- 倒悬之危(倒懸之危) the crisis of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
- 倒悬捱命(倒懸捱命) endure life hanging upside down; in danger
- 解民倒悬(解民倒懸) to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 5
- 《公孫丑章句上》 Commentary on Gong Sun Chou I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
- 卷4 帝紀第4 煬帝下 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Yang 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 卷十六 列傳第四: 道武七王 明元六王 太武五王 Volume 16 Biographies 4: Daowu's Seven Sons, Mingyuan's Six Sons, Taiwu's Five Sons History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷十二 隋本紀下第十二: 煬帝 恭帝 Volume 12 Sui Annals 2: Emperor Yang, Emperor Gong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷16 道武七王 Volume 16: Emperor Daowu's Seven Princes Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 2
- 卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷一百〇八 載記第八 慕容廆 Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷14 列傳第6 賀拔勝 弟岳 兄允 侯莫陳悅 念賢 Volume 14 Biographies 6: He Basheng (younger brother Yue, older brother Yong); Houmo Chenyue; Nian Xian Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 1
- 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 解倒悬 (解倒懸) 猶解倒懸也 — Mencius 孟子, 公孫丑上 Gong Sun Chou I — count: 10
- 天下倒悬 (天下倒懸) 天下倒懸 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun — count: 3
- 倒悬井 (倒懸井) 倒懸井中 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷16 道武七王 Volume 16: Emperor Daowu's Seven Princes — count: 2
- 富人倒悬 (富人倒懸) 悉召富人倒懸之 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷五十五 列傳第五: 薛舉 李軌 劉武周 高開道 劉黑闥 Volume 55 Biographies 5: Xue Ju, Li Gui, Li Wuzhou,Gao Kaidao, Liu Heita — count: 2
- 倒悬一 (倒懸一) 倒懸一隅 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷18 太武五王 Volume 18: Emperor Taiwu's Five Princes — count: 2
- 百姓倒悬 (百姓倒懸) 百姓倒懸 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十七 列傳第三十七 溫嶠 郗鑒 Volume 67 Biographies 37: Wen Jiao; Xi Jian — count: 2
- 救倒悬 (救倒懸) 救倒懸之命 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇八 載記第八 慕容廆 Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui — count: 2