空谷足音 — Chinese idiom
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
Meaning
- (lit.) the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley
- (fig.) sth hard to come by; sth wonderful and rare
Character by character
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 谷gǔvalley, gorge, ravine
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 音yīnsound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
Idioms sharing a character
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
- 司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn
- 唱空城计 chàng kōng chéng jì
- 囊空如洗 náng kōng rú xǐ
- 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng
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