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快刀斩乱麻
kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má
What 快刀斩乱麻 means
- lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
- cutting the Gordian knot
The characters in 快刀斩乱麻
- 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
- 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
- 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
- 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
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