







扶颠持危 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to save a desperate situation”. To avert a crisis; to prop up the tottering and support the falling. Literally, “Support the falling and hold up the precarious”.

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Open the tool →扶颠持危 (fú diān chí wēi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to save a desperate situation”.
扶颠持危 is pronounced fú diān chí wēi in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 扶颠持危 means “Support the falling and hold up the precarious”. It is used to mean “to save a desperate situation”.
颠:倒,倾倒;持:握,把握。指能够挽回颠危的局面。