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Open the tool →戛玉鸣金 (jiá yù míng jīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to produce a sonorous, rhythmic, and pleasant sound, like the striking of jade and metal; also, to describe a person's unyielding and noble character or integrity”.
戛玉鸣金 is pronounced jiá yù míng jīn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 戛玉鸣金 means “strike jade, clang metal”. It is used to mean “to produce a sonorous, rhythmic, and pleasant sound, like the striking of jade and metal; also, to describe a person's unyielding and noble character or integrity”.
戛:敲击。敲打玉器和金器。形容声调有节奏而响亮好听。也形容人气节凛然。