surpassing the ancients and amazing the contemporaries -- earthshaking(zhèn gǔ shuò jīn)

surpassing the ancients and amazing the contemporaries -- earthshaking

It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh è n ɡǔ Shu ò J ī n, which means to shake the ancient times and show off the present. It describes a great career or achievement. From the popular romance of the Republic of China.

Notes on Idioms

Shuo: it looks bright.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 126 of the popular romance of the Republic of China written by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xun's father: "no matter how prestigious Wu Shuai is, how can he be compared with the old Shuai's high reputation, which shakes the past and brightens the present." 　

Idiom usage

Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning. Example: Shi Kefa's Fu duo'ergun Shu of Ming Dynasty: "these actions have shaken the past and invigorated the present." Tan Sitong's Benevolence Theory in Qing Dynasty: "it is called benevolent administration of the past and the present." everywhere is filled with a groundbreaking momentum. ——Xu Chi's farm on our construction site

Chinese PinYin : zhèn gǔ shuò jīn