振聋发聩 — Chinese idiom
振聋发聩
zhèn lóng fā kuì
Traditional: 振聾發聵
Meaning
- lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear ; rousing even the apathetic
Character by character
- 振zhènto arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
- 聋lóngdeaf
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 聩kuìdeaf
Idioms sharing a character
- 一蹶不振 yī jué bù zhèn
- 振振有词 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
- 振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū
- 欲振乏力 yù zhèn fá lì
- 发聋振聩 fā lóng zhèn kuì
- 稽古振今 jī gǔ zhèn jīn
- 萎靡不振 wěi mǐ bù zhèn
- 眼瞎耳聋 yǎn xiā ěr lóng
- 震耳欲聋 zhèn ěr yù lóng
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
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