{"path":"/entry/22815","title":"叹为观止 / 嘆為觀止 (tàn wéi guān zhǐ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"叹为观止 / 嘆為觀止 (tàn wéi guān zhǐ): to gasp in amazement. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":22815,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["叹为观止"],"TRADITIONAL":["嘆為觀止"]}},"phonetic":"tàn wéi guān zhǐ","phoneticKey":"tan4 wei2 guan1 zhi3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"idiom","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to gasp in amazement","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to acclaim as the peak of perfection","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":19551,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["为"],"TRADITIONAL":["為"]}},"phonetic":"wéi","primaryPhonetic":"wèi"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From a story when Jizha, the prince of Wu paid a visit to the state of Lu, as recorded in The Commentaries of Zuo, 29th year of Duke Xiang, 544 B.C.E. (《襄公二十九年》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"吴公子札来聘，请观于周乐 […] 见舞《韶箾》者，曰：“德至矣哉，大矣！如天之无不帱也，如地之无不载也。虽甚盛德，其蔑以加于此矣，观止矣。若有他乐，吾不敢请已。”","traditional":"吳公子札來聘，請觀於周樂 […] 見舞《韶箾》者，曰：“德至矣哉，大矣！如天之無不幬也，如地之無不載也。雖甚盛德，其蔑以加於此矣，觀止矣。若有他樂，吾不敢請已。”"},"phonetic":"Wú gōngzǐ Zhá lái pìn, qǐng guān yú Zhōu yuè […] jiàn wǔ “Sháoxiāo” zhě, yuē: “Dé zhì yǐ zāi, dà yǐ! Rú tiān zhī wú bù chóu yě, rú dì zhī wú bù zǎi yě. Suī shèn shèng dé, qí miè yǐ jiā yú cǐ yǐ, guān zhǐ yǐ. Ruò yǒu tā yuè, wú bù gǎn qǐng yǐ.”","english":"Jizha, the prince of Wu, asked to watch a performance of Zhou music … Upon seeing the dancers performing Shaoxiao, he said, \"The virtue here is perfect! So great is it that, like heaven, it leaves nothing uncovered, and like earth, it leaves nothing unsustained. Nothing can possibly surpass this, for it has reached its utmost perfection. I need watch no further. Should there be other songs or dances, I dare not ask to watch them.\"","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}