倒悬之苦 Traditional 倒懸之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ 🔊 lit. the pain of being hanged upside… + Keep this word Meanings dào xuán zhī kǔ 倒懸之苦 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situationdire straits Its characters 倒dàoto invertHSK 4悬xuánto hang or suspendHSK 7–9之zhī(possessive particle, literary…HSK 4苦kǔbitterHSK 4