悬 xuán

hang, suspend, hoist; be hung

HSK 6 #1879

DEFINITIONS

  • hang, suspend, hoist
  • be hung
  • to hang or suspend
  • to worry
  • public announcement
  • unresolved
  • baseless
  • without foundation

STROKES

WORDS

悬壶 xuán hú (literary) to practice medicine; to work as a pharmacist
悬壶济世 xuán hú jì shì practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
悬岩 xuán yán cliff
悬崖绝壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
悬带 xuán dài sling (for immobilizing an injured limb etc)
悬挂式滑翔 xuán guà shì huá xiáng hang-gliding
悬挂式滑翔机 xuán guà shì huá xiáng jī hang-glider
悬揣 xuán chuǎi to speculate; to conjecture
悬梁刺股 xuán liáng cì gǔ to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom); see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3]
悬河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain); (literary) waterfall; cataract; (fig.) torrent of words
悬浮微粒 xuán fú wēi lì particulates; particulate matter
悬浮物 xuán fú wù suspended matter
悬疑 xuán yí suspense
悬荡 xuán dàng to hang; suspended
悬空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
悬索桥 xuán suǒ qiáo suspension bridge
悬羊头卖狗肉 xuán yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4]
悬赏令 xuán shǎng lìng an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)
明镜高悬 míng jìng gāo xuán perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched; overwhelmed by weight of numbers
秦镜高悬 qín jìng gāo xuán see 明鏡高懸|明镜高悬[ming2 jing4 gao1 xuan2]
解民倒悬 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
附赘悬疣 fù zhuì xuán yóu superfluous or useless appendages; superfluities
头悬梁，锥刺股 tóu xuán liáng ， zhuī cì gǔ lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom); fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
高悬 gāo xuán to hang high in the air; to be suspended high above
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