悬崖勒马
Traditional form:
懸崖勒馬
Pinyin (reading):
xuányálèmǎ
Definitions:
- lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
- fig. to act in the nick of time
Characters:
- 悬 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
- 崖 - cliff, precipice; precipitous
- 勒 - to strangle; to tighten
- 马 - horse; surname
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