Word information
Simplified力挽狂澜
Traditional力挽狂瀾
Pinyinlì wǎn kuáng lán
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
力挽狂澜
lì wǎn kuáng lán · to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
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