震古爍今 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
  2. glorious and world-shattering

CHARACTERS

震 zhèn
HSK 5
shake, quake, tremor; excite
古 gǔ
HSK 5
old, classic, ancient
爍 shuò shine, glitter, sparkle
今 jīn
HSK 1
now, today, modern era