{"path":"/entry/86526","title":"美轮美奂 / 美輪美奐 (měi lún měi huàn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"美轮美奂 / 美輪美奐 (měi lún měi huàn): (of houses, scenery and so on) magnificent. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":86526,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["美轮美奂"],"TRADITIONAL":["美輪美奐"]}},"phonetic":"měi lún měi huàn","phoneticKey":"mei3 lun2 mei3 huan4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"idiom","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(of houses, scenery and so on)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":" magnificent","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","IDIOM"],"frequency":26959,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Book of Rites, Book 4 (《禮記·檀弓下》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"晋献文子成室，晋大夫发焉。张老曰：「美哉轮焉！美哉奂焉！拌于斯，哭于斯，聚国族于斯。」","traditional":"晉獻文子成室，晉大夫發焉。張老曰：「美哉輪焉！美哉奐焉！拌於斯，哭於斯，聚國族於斯。」"},"phonetic":"Jìn xiàn Wénzǐ chéng shì, Jìn dàfū fā yān. Zhāng Lǎo yuē: “Měi zāi lún yān! Měi zāi huàn yān! Bàn yú sī, kū yú sī, jù guózú yú sī.”","english":"(The ruler of) Jin having congratulated Wen-zi on the completion of his residence, the Great officers of the state went to the house-warming. Zhang Lao said, \"How elegant it is, and lofty! How elegant and splendid! Here will you have your songs! Here will you have your wailings! Here will you assemble the representatives of the great families of the state!\"","ref":"The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}