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  • 1

    n.unsolved crime; unsettled/pending (law) case

    • jǐ zhuāng xuán àn

      悬案

      unsettled legal cases

    • zhè ge xiǎo zhèn jù bèi le zhì zào móu shā xuán àn de suǒ yǒu tiáo jiàn

      这个小镇具备制造谋杀悬案所有条件

      The little town has all the right ingredients for a murder mystery.

    • nǐ xiàn zài yào jiǎng yī gè zhēn shí de qīng shào nián xuán àn xiào hua le

      现在一个真实青少年悬案笑话

      You're now going to make a really juvenile cold-case joke.

  • 2

    n.outstanding issue; unsettled question; unresolved problem

    • wén zhāng de zuò zhě zhì jīn hái shì gè xuán àn

      文章作者至今悬案

      The identity of the author is a mystery even today.

    • yī guó shè huì zhǔ yì wèn tí shì guó jì gòng yùn shǐ shang de yī gè xuán àn

      社会主义问题国际共运悬案

      "Socialism in One Country" is an outstanding issue in the history of the international communist movement.

    • yě xǔ nà bìng fēi lì shǐ de xuán àn ér zhǐ shì yī duàn fǎn fěng

      也许并非历史悬案只是反讽

      Perhaps more than an ambiguity, it was an irony of history.