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排山压卵
pái​shān​yā​luǎn

to use overwhelming force to crush something fragile

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
排山压卵 排山壓卵 pái​shān​yā​luǎn
to use overwhelming force to crush something fragile
describes an action that makes a disastrous outcome inevitable and easy to achieve; literally to push over a mountain to crush an egg

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  • 以汤沃雪 yǐ​tāng​wò​xuě
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