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

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

to try hard to save a desperate crisis

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