sonorous , resounding and prolonged(rǎo liáng sān rì)

sonorous , resounding and prolonged

Three days around the beam, a Chinese idiom, pronounced R à Oli á ngs à NR à, describes the high and exciting music, which seems to reverberate after a long time. From Liezi Tang Wen.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: lingering sound, eloquent Antonyms: unbearable, crying

The origin of Idioms

Liezi Tangwen: "in the past, when Han e was in the east of Qi Dynasty, he used to use Kuiyang to pass through yongmen, and he used to sing songs and eat falsely. Since he was gone, his voice lingered for three days

Idiom usage

His music has been around for three days with endless aftertaste.

Related stories

It is said that during the Warring States period, a woman named Han e came to the state of Qi. Because she was hungry all the way, she had been out of food for several days, so she sang and begged for food at the southwest gate of Linzi city. Her beautiful and tactful singing deeply touched the hearts of the audience and left a deep impression on people. Three days later, people still heard the aftereffects of her singing in the room beam around, people say that Han e's song "aftereffects around the beam, three days.". Han e stayed in a hotel. Because of her poverty, Han e was insulted by the owner of the hotel. Han e was very sad and went away. The voice was so sad that everyone who heard her singing felt as if she was immersed in sorrow. For a short time, "the old and young are sad, weeping and not eating for three days." the owner of the hotel had to invite her back to sing a happy song. Han e's "return to a long and graceful song" was heard by the public as "happy to dance, but can't help it", and the atmosphere became joyful, forgetting all the previous sadness. The moving of the song, and even in this. Therefore, there are idioms and allusions of "lingering sound around the beam" and "three days around the beam" in later generations to describe the beautiful singing and the charm of music. When Confucius heard that Shaoyue had no taste of meat in March, Han Eshan's singing could make a detour for three days. The power of music is really unimaginable.

Chinese PinYin : rǎo liáng sān rì