中流擊枻
zhōng​liú​jī​yì

to resolve to save one's country

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

    中流击枻 / 中流擊枻

    zhōng​liú​jī​yì

    to resolve to save one's country

    to strike the oar in the middle of the river; an idiom meaning to be determined to recover lost territory or save the nation from ruin

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

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

    created sense