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令人振奋 (lìng rén zhèn fèn) — inspiring; exciting; rousing

Definition

Literally 'makes one feel stirred up': a set phrase meaning inspiring or rousing (news, speeches, achievements). Closer in tone to 'rousing/exhilarating' than to plain 激动 (a personal feeling of being moved).

idiom
inspiringexcitingrousing

Examples

  • 令人振奋。
    Zhè ge lìng rén zhèn fèn de xiāo xi ràng suǒ yǒu rén dōu hěn gāo xìng.
    This inspiring news made everyone very happy.
  • 令人振奋，。
    Tā de yǎn jiǎng shí fēn lìng rén zhèn fèn, yíng dé le rè liè de zhǎng shēng.
    His speech was very inspiring and won warm applause.
  • 令人振奋。
    Guò qù yì nián wǒ men qǔ dé le lìng rén zhèn fèn de chéng jiù.
    We have achieved inspiring accomplishments over the past year.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 亼亼jí
  • 卩卩jié

In 令, the upper 亼 is an open mouth and the lower 卩 is a kneeling person, together showing someone giving orders.

Open 令 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
辰
辰chén振zhèn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

振 pairs 手 (hand) with 辰: 手 shows it is about a hand action, and 辰 gives the sound.

Open 振 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 奮; 奋 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 奮 pairs 奞, a bird, with 田, a field, to show a bird spreading its wings to fly; the simplified 奋 is a later abbreviation.

Open 奋 →
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