掌声雷动 — Chinese idiom
掌声雷动
zhǎng shēng léi dòng
Traditional: 掌聲雷動
Meaning
- thunderous applause
Character by character
- 掌zhǎngin charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the f
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 雷léithunder; surname
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
Idioms sharing a character
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū
- 摩拳擦掌 mó quán cā zhǎng
- 易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng
- 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
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