发聋振聩 — Chinese idiom
发聋振聩
fā lóng zhèn kuì
Traditional: 發聾振聵
Meaning
- lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear ; rousing even the apathetic
Character by character
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 聋lóngdeaf
- 振zhènto arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
- 聩kuìdeaf
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一语不发 yī yǔ bù fā
- 不悱不发 bù fěi bù fā
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 先发制人 xiān fā zhì rén
- 千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà
- 升官发财 shēng guān fā cái
- 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
- 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
- 容光焕发 róng guāng huàn fā
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