投鞭断流

Traditional form:

投鞭斷流

Pinyin (reading):

tóubiānduànliú

Definitions:

• arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army

Characters:

• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 鞭 - whip; to lash, to flog
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Traditional characters:

• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 鞭 - whip; to lash, to flog
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class