to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
trad. 力挽狂瀾
Also written 力挽狂瀾【lì wǎn kuáng lán】
Characters in this word
4力
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4891 of 2500
挽
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to pull, to draw (a cart or a bow), to roll up, to coil, to carry on the arm, to lament the dead, (fig.) to pull against, to recover
- Pinyin
- wǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 39976 of 2500
狂
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mad, wild, violent
- Pinyin
- kuáng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6016 of 2500
澜
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swelling water
- Pinyin
- lán
- Traditional
- 瀾
- Strokes
- 15