听取蛙声一片

聽取蛙聲一片

tīngqǔwāshēngyīpiàn

phrase

Meanings

1 listening to the croaking of frogs on every side
2 the pastoral sound of a summer paddyfield night
3 lit. listening, one hears a whole stretch of frog-sound

Characters

(classical verb complement intensifying 听)

stretch, expanse (classifier)

Examples

夏夜在乡下散步，真能听取蛙声一片。

Xià yè zài xiāngxià sànbù, zhēn néng tīngqǔ wā shēng yī piàn.

Walking in the countryside on a summer night, you really can "listen to a whole stretch of frog-song".

稻田旁开着窗子，整夜听取蛙声一片。

Dàotián páng kāi zhe chuāngzi, zhěng yè tīngqǔ wā shēng yī piàn.

With the window open by the rice field, we heard a blanket of frog-song all night.

Tips

history

From Xin Qiji's (辛弃疾, Southern Song) 《西江月·夜行黄沙道中》: 稻花香里说丰年，听取蛙声一片 — 'Through the rice-flower fragrance, they speak of the good harvest; one listens, and hears a whole stretch of frog-song.' A canonical pastoral couplet, famous for associating frog-croaks with the promise of a full granary.

usage

Nearly always quoted together with its first line 稻花香里说丰年. 一片 here = 'a whole spread / everywhere at once', quantifying a continuous sound.

Stroke Order

听 tīng

取 qǔ

蛙 wā

声 shēng

一 yī

片 piàn