叹为观止 — Chinese idiom
叹为观止
tàn wéi guān zhǐ
Traditional: 嘆為觀止
Meaning
- to gasp in amazement
- to acclaim as the peak of perfection
Character by character
- 叹tànto sigh, to admire
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 观guānto observe, to spectate; appearance, view
- 止zhǐto stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
Idioms sharing a character
- 一唱三叹 yī chàng sān tàn
- 付之一叹 fù zhī yī tàn
- 唉声叹气 āi shēng tàn qì
- 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
- 芝焚蕙叹 zhī fén huì tàn
- 赞叹不已 zàn tàn bù yǐ
- 长吁短叹 cháng xū duǎn tàn
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
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