Hear footsteps in the silent valley. It means that it is extremely difficult to get news, comments or visits.
empty valley foot sound [kōng gǔ zú yīn]
Citation:
1. Fortunately, empty valley foot sound [kōng gǔ zú yīn] can meet a gentleman. The opportunity is rare and only comes once in a thousand years, so I endure the shame. congenial. ——Qing Dynasty Ji Yun's "Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes" Volume 17
2. Mao Dun's "Hong Kong" Six - "Ms. Mei ran back again in frustration, but she heard something outside Zhang Yifang's room. The sound. This made her sound like "the sound of feet in the empty valley".
Source: "Zhuangzi·Xu Wugui": "A husband who escapes from emptiness? He is delighted when he hears the sound of his feet." Gu Yanwu of the Qing Dynasty's "Rizhilu·Volume 7·Nine Classics": "In the Song Dynasty It has been the sound of footsteps in the empty valley; now it has no sound.”
Example sentence: I haven’t heard from you for a long time, and your sudden visit today made me overjoyed. To me, it can be regarded as the sound of footsteps in the empty valley. .
Synonyms:
1. Kongguzhiyin?[kōng gǔ qióng yīn]?
Interpretation: It means hearing footsteps in the silent valley. It is a metaphor that it is extremely difficult to get news and opinions.
2. Foot Sound Empty Valley? [zú yīn kōng gǔ]?
Interpretation: A metaphor for a rare person or speech.
Source: Ming Dynasty Tang Xianzu's "Reply to Wang Xiangru's Book": "The sound of footsteps in the empty valley is Xiangru." Hu Xiong'e's poem "Canru arrived to ask about Kaiyin's inner son's eye illness and wrote a poem to thank him": " The floating clouds in the eyes are changing, and the sound of footsteps is empty and deep. "
3. Phoenix feathers and rare horns? [fèng máo lín jiǎo]?
Interpretation: a metaphor for rare and precious people or things.
Source: Ming Dynasty He Liangjun's "Siyou Zhaicong Shuo": "Kang's essay on the mountain makes the world admire him like a phoenix feather and a unicorn horn.
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