xuán

hang, suspend, hoist; be hung

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

中蘇解決案大綱協定 zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
dào xuán lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits
之危 dào xuán zhī wēi lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; dire straits
之急 dào xuán zhī jí lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; dire straits
之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation; dire straits
口若河 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab
分詞 chuí xuán fēn cí hanging participle (error of grammar in English)
天地隔 tiān dì xuán gé lit. a gulf between heaven and earth; wide difference of opinion (idiom)
地隔 tiān xuán dì gé see 天差地遠|天差地远[tian1 cha1 di4 yuan3]
停 xuán tíng to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
垂 xuán chuí overhang
壺 xuán hú (literary) to practice medicine; to work as a pharmacist
壺濟世 xuán hú jì shì practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
岩 xuán yán cliff
崖 xuán yá precipice; overhanging cliff
崖勒馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
崖絕壁 xuán yá jué bì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
帶 xuán dài sling (for immobilizing an injured limb etc)
念 xuán niàn suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
掛 xuán guà to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
掛式滑翔 xuán guà shì huá xiáng hang-gliding
掛式滑翔機 xuán guà shì huá xiáng jī hang-glider
揣 xuán chuǎi to speculate; to conjecture
案 xuán àn unresolved question; unresolved case
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