击碎唾壶
jī​suì​tuò​hú

to praise a literary work

  • created reference approved 击碎唾壶/擊碎唾壺 → 击缺唾壶/擊缺唾壺 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    击碎唾壶 / 擊碎唾壺 jī​suì​tuò​hú

    击缺唾壶 / 擊缺唾壺 jī​quē​tuò​hú

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 击碎唾壶/擊碎唾壺 · jī​suì​tuò​hú · to praise a literary work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    击碎唾壶 / 擊碎唾壺

    jī​suì​tuò​hú

    to praise a literary work

    (idiom) to bestow high praise on someone's literary works; to express extreme appreciation for a piece of writing. Literally "to strike and break a spittoon," referring to a story where Wang Dun of the Jin Dynasty would beat out the rhythm of a poem on a spittoon until its rim chipped.

    jí​suì​tuò​hú

    击碎 (literal) → 击碎/擊碎 · jī​suì · to smash to pieces 唾壶 (literal) → 唾壶/唾壺 · tuò​hú · spittoon

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense