震古爍今

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	ancient; old	bright; luminous	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (震古爍今)		震	古	爍	今
simp. (震古烁今)		震	古	烁	今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngǔshuòjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ gu² soek³ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngǔshuòjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngǔshuòjin
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-ku³-shuo⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: jèn-gǔ-shwò-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennguushuohjin
    • Palladius: чжэньгушоцзинь (čžɛnʹgušoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ gu² soek³ gam¹
    • Yale: jan gú seuk gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ gu² soek⁸ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ gu² sêg³ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ kuː³⁵ sœːk̚³ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

震古爍今

1. surpassing the ancients and amazing the contemporaries; earthshaking; splendid