Thing Chinese dog lifted? (4-2)
I believe the answer is:
hang-up
'thing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'chinese dog lifted?' is the wordplay.
'chinese' becomes 'han' (Chinese dynasty).
'dog' becomes 'pug' (pug is a kind of dog).
'lifted?' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in down clue).
'pug' in reverse letter order is 'gup'.
'han'+'gup'='HANG-UP'
(Other definitions for hang-up that I've seen before include "Suspend" , "Emotional problem or inhibition" .)