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排山倒海

pái shān dǎo hǎi

4-character word

What 排山倒海 means

1. lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
2. fig. gigantic
3. of spectacular significance

The characters in 排山倒海

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things