擊缺唾壺
jī​quē​tuò​hú

to praise a literary work

  • created sense approved 击缺唾壶/擊缺唾壺 · jī​quē​tuò​hú · to praise a literary work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    击缺唾壶 / 擊缺唾壺

    jī​quē​tuò​hú

    to praise a literary work

    to express extreme admiration for a poem or piece of writing; literally to strike a spittoon and cause it to crack or chip while chanting poetry or keeping time

    击 (literal) → 击/擊 · jī · to strike 缺 (literal) → 缺 · quē · incomplete 唾壶 (literal) → 唾壶/唾壺 · tuò​hú · spittoon

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

    created sense