厚重沉实

[yuechu]

大家好！

I recently read the following sentence in a Chinese novel: “整个四合院都是木房子，每走一步都有厚重沉实的感觉." Would anyone know what the exact meaning of "厚重沉实" is here?

Thanks!

 

[bragandbounce]

厚重沉实 here means these 四合院s have a long history. Walking there, you can feel a sense of 厚重的历史.

 

[yuechu]

Oh, interesting! Thanks for your help, Bragandbounce!

 

[zhg]

I am more inclined to interpreter 厚重沉实 as a description of the wooden pillars in the 四合院. And the author imagined that heaviness of the pillars (what he saw) was transferred to his “heavy/steady/slow" steps (what he felt).

 

[skating-in-bc]

讓人覺得這套四合院歷史豐厚、價值貴重、結構沉穩、工料實在

厚: 豐厚 "thick; rich (in history)"
重: 貴重 "weighty; of great (historical, cultural, artistic) value"
沉: 沉穩 "stable due to low center of gravity; anchored, able to hold in place" (韌度高的木材加上卯榫結構使四合院堅穩耐震)
實: 實在 "real; solid" (四合院用原木, 真材實料; 工藝精確扎實, 設計古樸實用)

木房給人的感覺比磚房或鋼筋水泥房還要 "輕" (Note: 大野狼把木屋吹倒了, 却吹不倒豬小弟的磚屋), 所以, 我不覺得 "厚重沉實" 的 "重" 是描述四合院木柱給人 "重" (heavy) 的感覺.

 

[yuechu]

That's great! Thanks, Skating and zhg!