(lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom); (fig.) to be earthshaking
trad. 震古爍今
Also written 震古爍今【zhèn gǔ shuò jīn】
Characters in this word
4震
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to shake, to vibrate, to jolt, to quake, excited, shocked, one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder, ☳
- Pinyin
- zhèn
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 18549 of 2500
古
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surname Gu
- Pinyin
- Gǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 6799 of 2500
烁
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bright, luminous
- Pinyin
- shuò
- Traditional
- 爍
- Strokes
- 9
今
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now, the present time, current, contemporary, this (day, year etc)
- Pinyin
- jīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4454 of 2500