撥but6亂lyun6反faan2正zing3

simp拨乱反正

but6 lyun6 faan2 zing3bō luàn fǎn zhèng

English

bring order out of chaos
set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
to restore things to order

粵語 — Cantonese

將混亂嘅局面平息，令一樣嘢有返佢正常嘅秩序

Examples

幾經辛苦，佢終於成功撥亂反正，收拾好前人留低嘅蘇州屎。
After hardship, he finally succeeded in restoring things to order and solved predecessors's mess neatly.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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