震古烁今 — Chinese idiom
震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
Traditional: 震古爍今
Meaning
- (lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries
- (fig.) to be earthshaking
Character by character
- 震zhènshake, quake, tremor; to excite
- 古gǔold, classic, ancient
- 烁shuòto sparkle, to shine, to glitter
- 今jīnmodern, current; today, now
Idioms sharing a character
- 威震天下 wēi zhèn tiān xià
- 震天价响 zhèn tiān ga xiǎng
- 震天动地 zhèn tiān dòng dì
- 震耳欲聋 zhèn ěr yù lóng
- 亘古不变 gèn gǔ bù biàn
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn
- 前无古人 qián wú gǔ rén
- 千古罪人 qiān gǔ zuì rén
- 千古遗恨 qiān gǔ yí hèn
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