arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
trad. 投鞭斷流
Also written 投鞭斷流【tóu biān duàn liú】
Characters in this word
4投
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to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc), to cast (a ballot), to cast (a glance, a shadow etc), to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine), to send (a letter, a manuscript etc), to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide), to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of, (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3391 of 2500
鞭
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whip or lash, to flog, to whip, conductor's baton, segmented iron weapon (old), penis (of animal, served as food)
- Pinyin
- biān
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 18042 of 2500
断
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to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500
流
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to flow, to disseminate, to circulate or spread, to move or drift, to degenerate, to banish or send into exile, stream of water or sth resembling one, class, rate or grade
- Pinyin
- liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5508 of 2500