力挽狂瀾

Chinese

		power; force; strength	draw; pull; send funeral ode	roaring waves; unstable situation; volatile state
trad. (力挽狂瀾)		力	挽	狂瀾
simp. (力挽狂澜)		力	挽	狂澜
Literally: “to pull strongly against a crazy tide”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìwǎnkuánglán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ waan⁵ kwong⁴ laan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìwǎnkuánglán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˇ ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìwǎnkuánglán
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-wan³-kʻuang²-lan²
    • Yale: lì-wǎn-kwáng-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihwoankwanglan
    • Palladius: ливанькуанлань (livanʹkuanlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ waan⁵ kwong⁴ laan⁴
    • Yale: lihk wáahn kwòhng làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ waan⁵ kwong⁴ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ wan⁵ kuong⁴ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² waːn¹³ kʷʰɔːŋ²¹ laːn²¹/

Idiom

力挽狂瀾

1. to try hard to save a desperate crisis