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lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
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倒懸之危 倒悬之危 [dao4 xuan2 zhi1 wei1] /lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation/dire straits/

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