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Chinese
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very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what |
clamour
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dust; dirt; earth
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up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
| trad. (甚囂塵上)
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甚
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囂
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塵
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上
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| simp. (甚嚣尘上)
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甚
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嚣
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尘
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上
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| Literally: “clamor raises the dust”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
甚囂塵上
- to be on everyone's lips
但是近來的妥協空氣，反共聲浪，忽又甚囂塵上，又把全國人民打入悶葫蘆裡了。 [MSC, trad.]
但是近来的妥协空气，反共声浪，忽又甚嚣尘上，又把全国人民打入闷葫芦里了。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Dànshì jìnlái de tuǒxié kōngqì, fǎngòng shēnglàng, hū yòu shènxiāochénshàng, yòu bǎ quánguó rénmín dǎrù mènhúlu lǐ le.
- Of late, however, the dust and din of compromise and anti-communism have once again filled the air, and once again the people are thrown into bewilderment.