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摇摇欲坠

yáo yáo yù zhuì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 搖搖欲墜

摇摇欲坠 (yáo yáo yù zhuì) means "tottering; on the verge of collapse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 摇摇欲坠 means

1. tottering
2. on the verge of collapse

The characters in 摇摇欲坠

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 坠zhuìto fall; to drop; to weigh down

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