砥柱中流
dǐ​zhù​zhōng​liú

pillar of strength

  • created reference approved 砥柱中流 → 中流砥柱 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    砥柱中流 dǐ​zhù​zhōng​liú

    中流砥柱 zhōng​liú​dǐ​zhù

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 砥柱中流 · dǐ​zhù​zhōng​liú · pillar of strength — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    砥柱中流

    dǐ​zhù​zhōng​liú

    pillar of strength

    someone or something that stands firm in the face of crisis and plays a crucial role; originally referring to Mount Dizhu standing firm in the torrents of the Yellow River

    砥柱 (literal) → 砥柱 · dǐ​zhù · mainstay 中流 (literal) → 中流 · zhōng​liú · midstream

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

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