排 山 倒 海

pái shān dǎo hǎidictionary entry

lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom) / earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance

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Original source entry:

排山倒海 排山倒海 [pai2 shan1 dao3 hai3] /lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering/fig. gigantic/of spectacular significance/

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排
pái
to arrange in order / to line up / to exclude / to eliminate / to repel / to expel / to discharge / (literary) to push aside / to force open / to rehearse / row / line / platoon / (bound form) steak / chop / (bound form) raft / classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)
山
shān
mountain / hill (CL:座[zuò]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
Shān
surname Shan
倒
dǎo
to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
dào
to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet
海
hǎi
ocean / sea / CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
Hǎi
surname Hai

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