投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
Pinyin

Definition

投鞭断流
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tóu biān duàn liú
  1. arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 CL:枚[méi]
一流
yī liú
  1. 1 top quality
  2. 2 front ranking
下流
xià liú
  1. 1 lower course of a river
  2. 2 low-class
  3. 3 mean and lowly
  4. 4 vulgar
  5. 5 obscene
主流
zhǔ liú
  1. 1 main stream (of a river)
  2. 2 fig. the essential point
  3. 3 main viewpoint of a matter
  4. 4 mainstream (culture etc)
交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
人流
rén liú
  1. 1 stream of people
  2. 2 abortion
  3. 3 abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]
倒流
dào liú
  1. 1 to flow backwards
  2. 2 reverse flow
意气相投
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
投
tóu
  1. 1 to cast
  2. 2 to send
  3. 3 to throw oneself (into the river etc)
  4. 4 to seek refuge
  5. 5 to place oneself into the hands of
投入
tóu rù
  1. 1 to throw into
  2. 2 to put into
  3. 3 to throw oneself into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to invest in
  6. 6 absorbed
  7. 7 engrossed
投射
tóu shè
  1. 1 to throw (a projectile)
  2. 2 to cast (light)
投机
tóu jī
  1. 1 to speculate (on financial markets)
  2. 2 opportunistic
  3. 3 congenial
  4. 4 agreeable
投稿
tóu gǎo
  1. 1 to submit articles for publication
  2. 2 to contribute (writing)
投篮
tóu lán
  1. 1 to shoot for the basket (basketball)
投胎
tóu tāi
  1. 1 to be reincarnated
投诉
tóu sù
  1. 1 complaint
  2. 2 to complain
  3. 3 to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
投资
tóu zī
  1. 1 investment
  2. 2 to invest
投资者
tóu zī zhě
  1. 1 investor
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender

Idioms (20)

五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
  1. 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
对答如流
duì dá rú liú
  1. 1 able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
屁滚尿流
pì gǔn niào liú
  1. 1 to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
从善如流
cóng shàn rú liú
  1. 1 readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
从谏如流
cóng jiàn rú liú
  1. 1 to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
  1. 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
  2. 2 to go as fast as possible
情投意合
qíng tóu yì hé
  1. 1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
  2. 2 to find each other congenial
投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
  1. 1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ
  1. 1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
  2. 2 to exchange gifts
  3. 3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
投石问路
tóu shí wèn lù
  1. 1 lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to test the waters
投笔从戎
tóu bǐ cóng róng
  1. 1 to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
  2. 2 to join the military (esp. of educated person)
投缳自缢
tóu huán zì yì
  1. 1 to hang oneself (idiom)
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action

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