排忧解难 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind

Character by character

• 排páirow, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
• 忧yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
• 解jiěto explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 难nànhard, difficult, arduous; unable

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
• 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi
• 排难解纷 pái nàn jiě fēn
• 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
• 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
• 后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu
• 忧心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng
• 杞人之忧 Qǐ rén zhī yōu

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