懸 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

懸樑刺股 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]
懸殊 xuán shū widely different; large disparity
懸河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain); (literary) waterfall; cataract; (fig.) torrent of words
懸浮 xuán fú to float (in the air etc); suspension
懸浮微粒 xuán fú wēi lì particulates; particulate matter
懸浮物 xuán fú wù suspended matter
懸疑 xuán yí suspense
懸盪 xuán dàng to hang; suspended
懸空 xuán kōng to hang in the air; suspended in midair; (fig.) uncertain
懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
懸索橋 xuán suǒ qiáo suspension bridge
懸羊頭賣狗肉 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]
懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision; hanging in the balance
懸臂 xuán bì cantilever
懸賞 xuán shǎng to offer a reward; bounty
懸賞令 xuán shǎng lìng an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)
懸雍垂 xuán yōng chuí uvula (biology)
明鏡高懸 míng jìng gāo xuán perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
眾寡懸殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched; overwhelmed by weight of numbers
磁懸浮 cí xuán fú magnetic levitation (train); maglev
秦鏡高懸 qín jìng gāo xuán see 明鏡高懸|明镜高悬[ming2 jing4 gao1 xuan2]
解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
附贅懸疣 fù zhuì xuán yóu superfluous or useless appendages; superfluities
頭懸梁，錐刺股 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
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