WordTaiwan frequency #22,734
排山倒海
ㄆㄞˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ
“overwhelming force or momentum; sweeping away everything like toppling mountains and overturning seas”
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排
ㄆㄞˊ
To line up; to arrange in order; to exclude or eliminate; to push aside; to repel; a row or line; classifier for rows or lines.
山
ㄕㄢ
Mountain; hill; peak; surname; a component of Chinese characters; (archaic) tomb.
倒
ㄉㄠˇ
To fall or collapse; to lie down; to fail or go bankrupt; to invert or place upside down; to pour out or dump; to change or switch; but or yet; to resell at a profit.
海
ㄏㄞˇ
The sea or ocean; a large body of saltwater; a great number of people or things; a vast expanse.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 安排ㄢ ㄆㄞˊto arrange; to plan; to set up; to organize; to schedule; to make arrangements
- 上海ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˇmajor Chinese city and municipality on the Yangtze River delta; China's largest city by population and a global financial hub
- 海洋ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄤˊocean; sea; the vast body of salt water covering most of Earth's surface; the main divisions are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans.
- 海外ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄞˋoverseas; abroad; in foreign countries
- 排除ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄨˊto eliminate; to remove; to get rid of; to rule out; to exclude
- 排名ㄆㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊto rank; ranking; position in a list or order; standing; placement
- 山區ㄕㄢ ㄑㄩmountain area; mountainous region; hilly countryside.
- 海軍ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄩㄣnavy; the branch of a country's armed forces that conducts military operations at sea, typically consisting of warships, naval aircraft, marines, and sailors.
- 南海ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇSouth China Sea; a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean bordered by mainland China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian countries.
- 倒是ㄉㄠˇ ㄕˋcontrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you
- 中山ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢZhongshan, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China; Zhongshan District, an administrative district in various cities; Sun Yat-sun (Sun Zhongshan), Chinese revolutionary leader; Nakayama, a Japanese surname.
- 排隊ㄆㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋto line up; to queue up; to stand in line; to form a line.