震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
Pinyin

Definition

震古烁今
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zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
  1. shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
  2. glorious and world-shattering

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
jīn
  1. 1 now
  2. 2 the present time
  3. 3 current
  4. 4 contemporary
  5. 5 this (day, year etc)
jīn r5
  1. 1 (coll.) today
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
jīn hòu
  1. 1 hereafter
  2. 2 henceforth
  3. 3 in the future
  4. 4 from now on
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
  1. 1 surname Gu
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
gǔ diǎn
  1. 1 classical
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
dì zhèn
  1. 1 earthquake
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
zhì jīn
  1. 1 so far
  2. 2 to this day
  3. 3 until now
zhèn hàn
  1. 1 to shake
  2. 2 to shock
  3. 3 to stun
  4. 4 shocking
  5. 5 stunning
  6. 6 shock

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
哭声震天
kū shēng zhèn tiān
  1. 1 lit. cries of grief shake the heavens
  2. 2 great sorrow (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
彪炳千古
biāo bǐng qiān gǔ
  1. 1 to shine through the ages (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
时至今日
shí zhì jīn rì
  1. 1 (idiom) up to the present
  2. 2 even now
  3. 3 now (in contrast with the past)
  4. 4 at this late hour
旷古未有
kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
  3. 3 also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
替古人担忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu
  1. 1 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  2. 2 crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues

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