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倒悬之苦

dào xuán zhī kǔ

4-character word Traditional 倒懸之苦

What 倒悬之苦 means

1. lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2. dire straits

The characters in 倒悬之苦

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain

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