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Open the tool →芟夷大难 (shān yí dà nàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to quell great disorder or calamity”.
芟夷大难 is pronounced shān yí dà nàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 芟夷大难 means “to mow down and level a great calamity”. It is used to mean “to quell great disorder or calamity”.
芟:删除杂草;芟夷:削平;难:灾难。削平大乱