力挽狂澜

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover

variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead

mad / wild / violent

swelling water