kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má

Traditional: 快刀斬亂麻

快刀斩乱麻 (kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2cutting the Gordian knot

Characters in 快刀斩乱麻

快kuài · rapid刀dāo · knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])斩zhǎn · to behead (as form of capital punishment)乱luàn · in confusion or disorder麻má · hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])

Related words

快rapid麻烦trouble; inconvenience快乐happy; joyful乱in confusion or disorder刀knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])刀surname Dao愉快cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted赶快quickly; at once尽快as quickly as possible; as soon as possible尽快see 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]大麻hemp (Cannabis sativa)混乱confused; chaotic; disorderly

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