力 挽 狂 澜

lì wǎn kuáng lándictionary entry

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) / fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

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Original source entry:

力挽狂瀾 力挽狂澜 [li4 wan3 kuang2 lan2] /to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis/

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Other forms in these source records: 力挽狂瀾

力
lì
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
Lì
surname Li
挽
wǎn
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 / to draw (a cart)
狂
kuáng
mad / wild / violent
澜
lán
swelling water

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