speak in measured tones(yì yáng dùn cuò)

speak in measured tones

Cadence, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì y á NGD ù ncuॸ, which means the fluctuation and pause of sound. It comes from the poetry of Sui Han Tang.

Make sentences

She read with cadence.

The origin of Idioms

On the volume of Sui Han Tang Shi Hua written by Zhang Rong of Song Dynasty: "Zi Jian's poems, with mild feelings, scattered rhymes and cadence, can not be regarded as good or bad."

Idiom usage

It is used as attributive, adverbial and complement; it is used to describe sound. In the preface to Sui Zhi Fu written by Lu Ji in the Western Jin Dynasty: "Cui Cai Chong Xu Wen Min is an elegant person. Yan's ups and downs are also resentment. Is it true that the voice of a poor man is a change of emotion Lu Xun's Mr. Fujino: "whenever I feel tired at night and want to be lazy, I look up in the light and catch a glimpse of his black and thin face. It seems that I am about to say something cadenced, which makes me suddenly find my conscience again and increase my courage. So I light a cigarette and continue to write some words that are deeply afflicted by" upright men and gentlemen. " The second chapter of Liu e's travel notes of Lao can in the Qing Dynasty: "only later, the cadence and cadence moved my heart. As if there were dozens of strings and hundreds of fingers playing at that time. " In the supplement to the miscellaneous records of the Ming emperor written by Zheng chujiao of Tang Dynasty, "Ma said that his dance was not in the middle of the festival, and the cadence still existed." Chen Liang's Fu Du Bo Gao Shu of the Song Dynasty: "the two Fu can't be repeated. They have wide meaning but high tone, clear style but proper language, elegant style, cadence and heavy quality." Lu Xun's Mr. Fujino: looking up in the light, I caught a glimpse of his black and thin face. It seemed that he was about to say something cadenced

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: priority antonym: straightforward

Chinese PinYin : yì yáng dùn cuò