the hills totter and the earth quakes

the hills totter and the earth quakes

The mountains and the earth are shaking, a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is sh ā NY á OD ì D ò ng, which means that the mountains and the earth are shaking. It describes the strength of momentum or power. From Ouyang Wenzhong Gong Ji · memorials · 12 · on the first state of Xiuhe

The origin of Idioms

Song wuzeng's "can change Zhai random pen" Volume 2: "drum horn big sound, the earth shakes."

Idiom usage

It refers to great influence. example the mountain shakes with tears, and those who smell it all shed tears. In Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu wrote Ouyang Wenzhong Gongji · memorials · 12 · on the first state of Xiuhe: "I'm afraid that the earth will shake and the mountains will shake, and then the disaster will begin."