中流击楫
zhōng​liú​jī​jí

to resolve to save one's country

  • created reference approved 中流击楫/中流擊楫 → 击楫中流/擊楫中流 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中流击楫 / 中流擊楫 zhōng​liú​jī​jí

    击楫中流 / 擊楫中流 jī​jí​zhōng​liú

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 中流击楫/中流擊楫 → 中流击枻/中流擊枻 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中流击楫 / 中流擊楫 zhōng​liú​jī​jí

    中流击枻 / 中流擊枻 zhōng​liú​jī​yì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 中流击楫/中流擊楫 · zhōng​liú​jī​jí · to resolve to save one's country — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中流击楫 / 中流擊楫

    zhōng​liú​jī​jí

    to resolve to save one's country

    Determined to recover lost territory or serve one's country; based on the story of the general Zu Ti striking the water with his oar while vowing to reclaim the north

    zhōng​liú​jí​jí

    中流 (literal) → 中流 · zhōng​liú · midstream 击 (literal) → 击/擊 · jī · to strike 楫 (literal) → 楫 · jí · oar

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense