排山倒海 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas ; earth-shattering
• fig. gigantic
• of spectacular significance

Character by character

• 排páirow, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
• 山shānmountain, hill, peak
• 倒dǎoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime

Idioms sharing a character

• 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
• 大排长龙 dà pái cháng lóng
• 排兵布阵 pái bīng bù zhèn
• 排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn
• 排难解纷 pái nàn jiě fēn
• 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
• 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
• 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
• 名落孙山 míng luò Sūn Shān
• 地动山摇 dì dòng shān yáo

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