the sound (/song)is loud and clear (/sonorous); the voice echoes in the forest ? 荊元慢慢的和了弦，彈起來，鏗鏗鏘鏘，～，那些鳥雀聞之，都棲息枝間竊聽。(《儒林外史》629) Jing slowly tuned his strings and began to play. The clear notes woke the echoes all around,and the birds alighted in the boughs to listen.