力排众议 — Chinese idiom
力排众议
lì pái zhòng yì
Traditional: 力排眾議
Meaning
- to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses
Character by character
- 力lìstrength, power; capability, influence
- 排páirow, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
- 议yìto consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss
Idioms sharing a character
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
- 不遗余力 bù yí yú lì
- 全力以赴 quán lì yǐ fù
- 力不胜任 lì bù shèng rèn
- 力不从心 lì bù cóng xīn
- 力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí
- 力挽狂澜 lì wǎn kuáng lán
- 力争上游 lì zhēng shàng yóu
- 力尽神危 lì jìn shén wēi
- 勉力而为 miǎn lì ér wéi
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