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投鞭断流tóu biān duàn liú前秦的苻坚进攻东晋时骄傲地说,我这么多的军队,把每个兵的马鞭子都投到江里,就能截断水流(见于《晋书·苻坚载记》)。后用来比喻人马众多,兵力强大。{When attacking the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian of the Former Qin said arrogantly, ‘My troops are so great in number that were every soldier to throw his horsewhip into the river, the current would be blocked’ (History of Jin·Record of Fu Jian). (fig.) have a large and powerful army} |