








戛釜撞瓮 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a cacophonous or jarring sound”. Like the clanging of pots and collision of jars, often used metaphorically for crude or inharmonious noises. Literally, “scrape the pot and strike the jar”.

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Open the tool →戛釜撞瓮 (jiá fǔ zhuàng wèng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a cacophonous or jarring sound”.
戛釜撞瓮 is pronounced jiá fǔ zhuàng wèng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 戛釜撞瓮 means “scrape the pot and strike the jar”. It is used to mean “to describe a cacophonous or jarring sound”.
刮磨锅子,碰撞陶器。比喻粗俗之音。