震古爍今 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

remarkable through all ages; outstanding forever

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
震 zhèn HSK 5
shocked; to shake; to quake
古 gǔ HSK 5
ancient; old; surname Gu
爍 shuò
bright; luminous
今 jīn HSK 1
now; this (day, year etc); the present time