1. 高山流水? [ gāo shān liú shuǐ ] is a metaphor for a confidant or a soulmate. It is also a metaphor for the high quality of music.
Origin: Qing Dynasty - Cao Xueqin "Dream of Red Mansions", 86th episode: Kong saint still learns the qin from Shixiang, and once he plays it, he knows that he is the King of Wen. The high mountains and flowing water have met their soulmates.
Translation: Sage Confucius still learned the qin from Shixiang, and as soon as he played it, he knew that he was the King of Wen. I didn't expect to meet my soulmate here.
2. 天籁之音? [ tiān lài zhī yīn ] Describing the sound as very melodious and pleasant to the ear, it is the highest state of music.
3. [ yú yīn rào liáng ] describes a beautiful singing voice that leaves a deep impression on people.
Origin: Pre-Qin - Liezi and his disciples, "Liezi - Tang Wen": "Both go; and the remaining sound surrounds the beams X; three days without ceasing."
Translation: After (Han E) had gone, the sound of the song went around the beams of the house for three days.
4. Huang Zhong Da Lu? [ huáng zhōng dà lǚ ] Huang Zhong (黄钟): the first of the six yang rhythms in the twelve rhythms of ancient Chinese phonetics. Da Lü: the fourth of the six yin laws. It describes music or speech that is solemn, upright, subtle, and harmonious.
Origin: Song Lu Jiufen, "Under the Book of Discourses": Mr.'s writing is like the yellow bells and the great lüs ...... may it not be passed on?
Translation: The words of Mr. Writings are solemn and upright ...... how can they not be passed down?
5. Light singing and dancing? [ qīng gē màn wǔ ] Easy and pleasant music, soft and graceful dance. Man: soft.
Origin: Ming Hu Wenhuan, "Selection of Qunyin Classes - Jade Ruiji - Appreciating the Moon and Dancing to the Immortals": "Helping the talented and beautiful people on earth to be happy; singing softly and dancing slowly; letting the stars move and the buckets go sideways."
Translation: In order to assist the talented people in their studies, they played relaxing music and danced softly and gracefully, forgetting the passage of time.
6. traveling clouds and flowing water? [ xíng yún liú shuǐ ] describes the writing as natural and unconstrained, like floating clouds and flowing water.
Origin: Mao Dun, "After Reading Liyuan": the structure is like running clouds and flowing water, with distinct levels and successive echoes.
7. skillfully crafted? [ qiǎo duó tiān gōng ] 夺：胜过。 Artificial delicacy is better than natural. It describes a very skillful technique.
From: Yuan Zhao Mengfu's poem "Gift to a Firework Setter": "The skillful art of the human race has surpassed the work of heaven; the refining of medicine and the burning of lamps are the same as that of the clear day."
Translation: The artisan's skill is so skillful that the fireworks made shine as bright as the day.
8.惟妙惟肖? [ wéi miào wéi xiào ] describes a description or imitation that is very good and very realistic.
Source: Zhu Ziqing's "Old Zhang's Philosophy" and "What Zhao Ziyi Said": Here we write about Zhao's aunt's nagging and dragon's bells in a marvelous way.
9. huà lóng diáng (画龙点睛). [ huà lóng diǎn jīng ] Metaphorically speaking, when composing or speaking, add pithy phrases in key places to make the content more vivid and evocative.
Origin: Qin Mu, "Car Window Literature Appreciation": However, a good title is often the finishing touch to a work, stimulating people's interest in reading.
10, pen walks dragon snake? [ bǐ zǒu lóng shé ] describes the vigorous and lively strokes of calligraphy.
Origin: Song Gao Deng, "Sending Taiyuan": "Turning over the brocade in his chest; walking the dragon and snake under his pen."
Translation: There is beauty tumbling in the heart; the pen seems like dragons and snakes walking.
11. Wonderful brush produces flowers? [ miào bǐ shēng huā ] A metaphor for outstanding writing talent.
Origin: Five Dynasties - Wang Renyu "Kaiyuan Tianbao Legacy - dream pen head flowers": "Li Taibai when he was a young man, dreaming of using the pen head flowers after the genius of support Yi, famous in the world."
Translation: Li Bai when he was young dreamed of flowers on the pen, grew up with outstanding talent, the world knows him.