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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「倒懸之急」. Details below.

Learn about the idiom 「倒懸之急」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Hanging upside down: like a person being hung upside down. A metaphor for an extremely difficult situation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǎo xuán zhī jí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou2 yun4 ji1 gap1

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.