洋洋灑灑

See also: 洋洋洒洒

Chinese

		vast; great; impressive vast; great; impressive; overflowing; drifting
trad. (洋洋灑灑)		洋洋	灑灑
simp. (洋洋洒洒)		洋洋	洒洒

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángyángsǎsǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄙㄚˇ ㄙㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ joeng⁴ saa² saa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángyángsǎsǎ [Phonetic: yángyángsásǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄙㄚˇ ㄙㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángyángsǎsǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-yang²-sa³-sa³
    • Yale: yáng-yáng-sǎ-sǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangyangsaasaa
    • Palladius: янъянсаса (janʺjansasa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ sä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ joeng⁴ saa² saa²
    • Yale: yèuhng yèuhng sá sá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ joeng⁴ saa² saa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ yêng⁴ sa² sa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹ saː³⁵ saː³⁵/

Idiom

洋洋灑灑

1. (of writing) at great length; voluminous