悬崖勒马
xuányá-lèmǎTraditional 懸崖勒馬
to rein in at the edge of the precipice
Every meaning
xuányá-lèmǎ
- to rein in at the edge of the precipice
Its characters
- 悬xuánto hang; to suspend
- 崖yácliff; precipice
- 勒lèto rein in; to restrain (as in 勒马)
- 马mǎhorse
Words with 悬
Words with 崖
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.