悬崖勒马 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 懸崖勒馬 xuányálèmǎ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) fig. to act in the nick of time Character by character 悬(xuán)hang or suspend 崖(yá)precipice 勒(lè)bridle 马(mǎ)surname Ma A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0