振聋发聩

Traditional form:

振聾發聵

Pinyin (reading):

zhènlóngfākuì

Definitions:

• lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic

Characters:

• 振 - to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
• 聋 - deaf
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 聩 - deaf

Traditional characters:

• 振 - to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
• 聾 - deaf
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 聵 - deaf