力挽狂澜 — Chinese idiom
力挽狂澜
lì wǎn kuáng lán
Traditional: 力挽狂瀾
Meaning
- to pull strongly against a crazy tide ; fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
Character by character
- 力lìstrength, power; capability, influence
- 挽wǎnto pull, to lead; to pull back, to draw a bow
- 狂kuánginsane, mad; violent; wild
- 澜lánoverflowing; ripples, waves
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
- 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
- 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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