跃然纸上 — Chinese idiom
跃然纸上
yuè rán zhǐ shàng
Traditional: 躍然紙上
Meaning
- to appear vividly on paper ; to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
- to stand out markedly
Character by character
- 跃yuèto skip, to jump, to frolic
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 纸zhǐpaper
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
Idioms sharing a character
- 喜跃抃舞 xǐ yuè biàn wǔ
- 欢呼雀跃 huān hū què yuè
- 跃跃欲试 yuè yuè yù shì
- 龙腾虎跃 lóng téng hǔ yuè
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
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