Break through a precipice
Breaking a precipice, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ò y á Ju é Ji ǎ o, which means to grind away the edges and corners, which means to be smooth. It comes from the first year of emperor li Zong of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Chen Chen of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the first year of emperor li Zong's reign of Jiaxi in the continuation of Zizhi Tongjian in the first year of the reign of emperor li Zong of the Song Dynasty: "the interests of those people do not come from one body. They must break through the precipice and do what their Majesty likes."
Idiom usage
As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; used in dealing with affairs.
Break through a precipice
There is no good in pleading for disaster - shēn huò wú liáng
copiously quote authoritative works - yǐn jīng jù gǔ
cut off from the long to add to the short - póu duō yì guǎ
lofty mountains and high ranges - chóng shān fù lǐng
Discard the last and turn the root - qì mò fǎn běn