{"path":"/entry/48975","title":"掷地有声 / 擲地有聲 (zhì dì yǒu shēng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"掷地有声 / 擲地有聲 (zhì dì yǒu shēng): literally if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":48975,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["掷地有声"],"TRADITIONAL":["擲地有聲"]}},"phonetic":"zhì dì yǒu shēng","phoneticKey":"zhi4 di4 you3 sheng1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(of one's words)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":" powerful and resonating","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to have substance","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":62725,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["地"],"TRADITIONAL":["地"]}},"phonetic":"dì","primaryPhonetic":"de"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to make a (loud) sound when thrown to the ground","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Shishuo Xinyu","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"孙兴公作《天台赋》成，以示范荣期，云：「卿试掷地，要作金石声。」","traditional":"孫興公作《天台賦》成，以示范榮期，云：「卿試擲地，要作金石聲。」"},"phonetic":"Sūn Xīnggōng zuò “Tiāntāifù” chéng, yǐ shì Fàn Róngqī, yún: “Qīng shì zhì dì, yào zuò jīnshí shēng.”","english":"When Sun Chuo had finished writing his Rhapsody on Roaming in Mount Tiantai, he showed it to Fan Qi and said, ‘Try throwing it on the ground; it will surely resound like metal bells and stone chimes.’","ref":"Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5ᵗʰ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}