掷地有声 — Chinese idiom

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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