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震古烁今

zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

4-character word Traditional 震古爍今

What 震古烁今 means

1. (lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)
2. (fig.) to be earthshaking

The characters in 震古烁今

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 烁shuòbright; luminous
• 今jīnnow; the present time; current

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