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排山倒海

pái shān dǎo hǎi · pai shan dao hai

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Meaning

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