投鞭断流

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投鞭斷流 投鞭断流
[tóu biān duàn liú]
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT
投鞭断流
tóubiān-duànliú
〈成〉 (of a vast and mighty army) could fling its whips into a river and stem its flow
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
前秦的苻坚进攻东晋时骄傲地说,我这么多的军队,把每个兵的马鞭子都投到江里,就能截断水流(见于《晋书·苻坚载记》)。后用来比喻人马众多,兵力强大。 {When attacking the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian of the Former Qin said arrogantly, ‘My troops are so great in number that were every soldier to throw his horsewhip into the river, the current would be blocked’ (History of Jin·Record of Fu Jian). (fig.) have a large and powerful army}
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
投鞭断流
tóubiān-duànliú
<熟> if the cavalrymen threw their whips into the river, it would be enough to stem the current—(of an army) mighty and strong
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典