Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「地動山搖」, explained here.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「地動山搖」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
When an earthquake occurs, the earth shakes and the mountains and rivers sway. It also describes a huge momentum or fierce struggle.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dì dòng shān yáo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dei6/dei2 dung6 saan1 yiu4
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
