kinh thiên động địa
Definition
- Adjective:
- Earth-shattering; world-shaking: Describing an event, action, or achievement of such immense magnitude, intensity, or significance that it seems to shake heaven and earth. It implies something extraordinarily shocking, monumental, or awe-inspiring.
- Thundering; resounding: Describing a sound, fame, or reputation that is overwhelmingly loud, powerful, and widespread.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đó là một sự kiện kinh thiên động địa trong lịch sử. (That was an earth-shattering event in history.)
- Tiếng hô kinh thiên động địa của vị tướng. (The general's thundering battle cry.)
- Phát minh này có ý nghĩa kinh thiên động địa. (This invention is of world-shaking significance.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used in formal, literary, or journalistic contexts to add dramatic emphasis. It is a fixed idiom, and its components ("kinh thiên" – startle heaven; "động địa" – shake earth) are not used separately in modern Vietnamese with this meaning.
Variants and Related Words
- Long trời lở đất (idiom): A near-synonymous idiom also meaning "earth-shattering" or "cataclysmic."
- Vang dội (adj): Resonant, resounding, echoing (often for fame or sound, but less intense than "kinh thiên động địa").
Synonyms
- Earth-shattering
- World-shaking
- Monumental
- Cataclysmic
- Resounding
Related Idioms
- Chấn động địa cầu: To shake the globe (often used for major news or scientific discoveries).
- Làm nên chuyện động trời: To cause a sky-shaking affair (to do something shockingly audacious or remarkable).