掷地有声 — Chinese idiom
掷地有声
zhì dì yǒu shēng
Traditional: 擲地有聲
Meaning
- lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound
- fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating
- to have substance
Character by character
- 掷zhìto throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
Idioms sharing a character
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 千金一掷 qiān jīn yī zhì
- 一败涂地 yī bài tú dì
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不败之地 bù bài zhī dì
- 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì
- 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì
- 人杰地灵 rén jié dì líng
- 人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù
- 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
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