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')

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Also contained in

倒悬捱命解民倒悬倒悬之苦倒悬之危倒悬之急

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 2 Commentary on the Ullambana Sūtra 佛說盂蘭盆經疏 — count: 5
  • Scroll 4 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Ku Yin Jing (Mahādukkhakāhandhasutta) 苦陰經 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Ku Yin Yin Shi Jing (Cuḷadukkhakkhandhasutta) 苦陰因事經 — count: 4
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Yao Lan 釋氏要覽 — count: 4
  • Scroll 4 Yamantaka Dharani Sutra (Da Wei De Tuoluoni Jing) 大威德陀羅尼經 — count: 4
  • Scroll 50 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 3
  • Scroll 53 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 3 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 9 Bi Nai Ye 鼻奈耶 — count: 2
  • Scroll 3 Aśokarājāvadāna (Ayuwang) 阿育王傳 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 救倒悬 (救倒懸) 俯救倒懸難施 — Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏, Scroll 6 — count: 9
  • 倒悬向下 (倒懸向下) 彼終時倒懸向下 — Ku Yin Jing (Mahādukkhakāhandhasutta) 苦陰經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 倒悬空中 (倒懸空中) 汝若不能倒懸空中 — Older Sutra of Parables 舊雜譬喻經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 倒悬地狱 (倒懸地獄) 倒懸地獄 — Ratnolkādhāraṇisūtra (Dafangguang Puxian Suo Shuo Jing) 大方廣總持寶光明經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 解倒悬 (解倒懸) 民之悅之猶解倒懸 — Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 首倒悬 (首倒懸) 古堯反說文烈者也謂斷首倒懸於竽頭肆其辜也或作梟說文不孝鳥也冬至曰捕梟磔之從鳥頭在木上 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 52 — count: 4
  • 空中倒悬 (空中倒懸) 正使沙門空中倒懸者 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 4
  • 中阴倒悬 (中陰倒懸) 中陰倒懸諸根皆毀壞故 — Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wen Ju 妙法蓮華經文句, Scroll 4 — count: 3
  • 中倒悬 (中倒懸) 皆在池中倒懸將死 — Yamantaka Dharani Sutra (Da Wei De Tuoluoni Jing) 大威德陀羅尼經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
  • 己身倒悬 (己身倒懸) 復取己身倒懸烟屋中 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 53 — count: 3