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力挽狂瀾

简力挽狂澜 · 繁力挽狂瀾

Mandarin · pinyin 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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4–3–2–2 · li4 wan3 kuang2 lan2

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lik6 waan5 kwong4 laan4

Cantonese word readings for 力挽狂瀾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

lik6 waan5 kwong4 laan4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to try hard to save a desperate crisis; to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation