甚嚣尘上 — Chinese idiom
甚嚣尘上
shèn xiāo chén shàng
Traditional: 甚囂塵上
Meaning
- clamor raises the dust ; a tremendous clamor
- to raise a tremendous stink
Character by character
- 甚shènconsiderably; very, extremely; a great extent
- 嚣xiāoto make noise; to treat with contempt
- 尘chéncinders, ashes, dust, dirt
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
Idioms sharing a character
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě
- 更有甚者 gèng yǒu shèn zhě
- 欺人太甚 qī rén tài shèn
- 自奉甚俭 zì fèng shèn jiǎn
- 自视甚高 zì shì shèn gāo
- 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一骑绝尘 yī qí jué chén
- 尘埃落定 chén āi luò dìng
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