投鞭断流 — Chinese idiom
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
Traditional: 投鞭斷流
Meaning
- arms enough to stem the stream ; formidable army
Character by character
- 投tóuto pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
- 鞭biānwhip; to lash, to flog
- 断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
Idioms sharing a character
- 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì
- 情投意合 qíng tóu yì hé
- 投桃报李 tóu táo bào lǐ
- 投石问路 tóu shí wèn lù
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 投缳自缢 tóu huán zì yì
- 投袂而起 tóu mèi ér qǐ
- 投鼠忌器 tóu shǔ jì qì
- 明珠暗投 míng zhū àn tóu
- 举手投足 jǔ shǒu tóu zú
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