悬崖勒马

悬
懸
崖
崖
勒
勒
马
馬
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time

Characters and words in 悬崖勒马

悬
懸
xuán = xu + an2
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation
悬 = 县 + 心 : Xu Xian (xu) is overwhelmed to find the shape of his home county (县) hanging (悬) from the wall in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He starts crying and hangs (悬) his heart (心) on the shape as sign of recognition.
悬
懸
崖
崖
precipice / overhanging cliff
崖
yá = y + a2
precipice / cliff / Taiwan pr. [yai2]
崖 = 厓 + 山 : Maud Younger (y) has been eating chocolate bars (厓) with a fork (山) in the ashram's kitchen (a2) for hours now. She throws the packaging just over her shoulder, where already a precipitous (崖) cliff (崖) has formed from all the plastic.
勒
lè = l + e4
to rein in / to compel / to force / to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead / bridle / (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux
勒 = 力 + 革 : Sir Lancelot (l) constructed a mechanical bull in the elevator's bathroom (e4), mainly just using a cow's hide (革) and a power button (力). To rein in (勒) the wild mechanical bull he presses the button and rides the bull again and again.
勒
le̅i = l + ei1
to strap tightly / to bind
勒
勒
马
馬
to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse
马
馬
mǎ = m + a3
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
马
馬
mǎ = m + a3
horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一 : A beautiful unicorn rides on top of Mahatma Gandhi in the ashram.

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