Knock on ice and jade
Knock on ice and jade, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ā ob ī ngji á y ù, which means the sound is crisp, just like the sound of knocking on jade and ice. It's from the Song Dynasty Yang Wujiu's "hanging silk fishing: a gift to LV Qianqian from Deng Duanyou's banquet".
Idiom usage
Used as an object, attribute, voice, etc
The origin of Idioms
Song · Yang Wujiu's poem "hanging silk fishing · Deng Duanyou's gift to LV Qianqian on the banquet" says: "listen to knocking on ice and jade, hate clouds and rain, the voice is always in sorrow."
Idiom explanation
GA: strike. It describes the crisp sound, just like the sound of knocking on jade and ice.
Knock on ice and jade
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