lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
trad. 懸崖勒馬
Also written 懸崖勒馬【xuán yá lè mǎ】
Characters in this word
4悬
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to hang or suspend, to worry, public announcement, unresolved, baseless, without foundation
- Pinyin
- xuán
- Traditional
- 懸
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 24857 of 2500
崖
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precipice, cliff, Taiwan pr. [yai2]
- Pinyin
- yá
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 24683 of 2500
勒
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(literary) bridle; halter; headstall, to rein in, to compel; to force, (literary) to carve; to engrave, (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc), (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- Pinyin
- lè
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4615 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500