zhèn lóng fā kuì

Traditional: 振聾發聵

振聋发聩 (zhèn lóng fā kuì) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic

Characters in 振聋发聩

振zhèn · to shake聋lóng · deaf发fā · to send out聩kuì · born deaf

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