余音绕梁

Traditional form:

餘音繞梁

Pinyin (reading):

yúyīnràoliáng

Definitions:

• reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

Characters:

• 余 - surplus, remainder; surname
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
• 绕 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 梁 - bridge; beam, rafter; surname

Traditional characters:

• 餘 - surplus, remainder, excess
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
• 繞 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 梁 - bridge; beam, rafter; surname