Chinese idioms like 「電閃雷鳴」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Discover the idiom 「電閃雷鳴」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared. A metaphor for being quick and powerful. It also refers to something that is grand and vigorous.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diàn shǎn léi míng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
din6 sim2 leui4 ming4
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