To gasp in amazement; to acclaim something as the peak of perfection.
叹赞赏;观止看到这里就够了。指赞美所见到的事物好到了极点。
《左传·襄公二十九年》德至矣哉,大矣!如天之无不帱也,如地之无不载也。虽甚盛德,其蔑以加於同感于此矣,观止矣。若有他乐,吾不敢请已。”
The audience was left speechless, their reaction one of pure astonishment—they could only sigh, as if to say they had seen the ultimate.
Learn the next connected idiom: 叹为观止 (tàn wéi guān zhǐ) → 止于至善 (zhǐ yú zhì shàn)
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