悬而未决 — Chinese idiom
悬而未决
xuán ér wèi jué
Traditional: 懸而未決
Meaning
- pending a decision; hanging in the balance
Character by character
- 悬xuánto hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 决juéto decide, to determine, to judge
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
- 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé
- 天地悬隔 tiān dì xuán gé
- 悬崖勒马 xuán yá lè mǎ
- 悬崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì
- 悬梁刺股 xuán liáng cì gǔ
- 明镜高悬 míng jìng gāo xuán
- 众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū
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