set the whole room roaring with laughter(hōng táng dà xiào)

set the whole room roaring with laughter

Roar with laughter, a Chinese idiom, pronounced h à NGT á NGD à Xi à o, describes the whole room laughing at the same time. From Volume 5 of yinhualu. A house full of laughter

Idiom usage

We all laughed and said over what happened in Xiaoting's living room. There was a roar of laughter. The fourteenth chapter of Zeng Pu's the flowers of the evil sea in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

The fifth volume of yinhualu written by Zhao Yu in Tang Dynasty: "there are Taiyuan, Dianyuan and Hanyuan in the imperial history of Tang Dynasty. If you eat in court, you will never laugh. However, if the three courtyards all laugh, they will not be punished

Idiom story

During the Five Dynasties, Feng Dao and he Ning worked together in Zhongshu. Seeing that Feng Dao was wearing new clothes and shoes, he Ning asked how much his new shoes cost. Feng daoju's left foot said that it was only 900 Wen. He Ning immediately reprimanded his servants, saying that buying shoes embezzled his 900 Wen. Feng Dao immediately raised his right foot and said that it was also 900 Wen, so everyone burst into laughter.

Chinese PinYin : hōng táng dà xiào