投鞭斷流 tóu biān duàn liú

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

投 tóu throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump
鞭 biān whip; whip; string of firecrackers
斷 duàn sever, cut off; interrupt
流 liú flow, circulate, drift; class