"Clarified and powerful expression with rhythmical pause and transition" is the often quoted comment given by Huang Tingjian,a master poet who was the bosom friend of Yan Jidao.
"清壮顿挫,能动摇人心"是晏几道的知心朋友、诗词大家黄庭坚对小山词的精妙评价,并屡被引用。
On Different Writing Features of Poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties;
从音情顿挫到沉郁顿挫和清壮顿挫──唐宋人对文学境界的开拓与对形式美的体认
"Clear Loud add up Twists and Turns,to Shake the People"--New Explanation of Xiao shan ci s Art Feature;
“清壮顿挫,能动摇人心”——小山词艺术特色新解
A New Interpretation of the Artistic Features of Xiaoshan Ci;
清壮顿挫 能动摇人心——小山词艺术特色新解
Clarified and Powerful Expression with Rhythmical Pause and Transition;
清壮顿挫──小山词与苏门词主体性创作的表征
They were baffled in their attempt.
他们的企图受到顿挫。
She has a lilt to her voice.
她说话的声调抑扬顿挫。
His ambition received a sharp check.
他的雄心壮志遭到严重的挫折。
He was so emphatic in style.
他的语调是那么抑扬顿挫。
The manner in which an expression is phrased.
抑扬顿挫，语调表达短语的方式
speak carefully, with rising and falling pitch.
仔细地发音，有高低抑扬顿挫。
He reads loud, and the tone is in cadence.
他读起课文来, 声音宏亮, 语气抑扬顿挫。
His recitation was cadenced and rich in feeling.
他的朗颂抑扬顿挫, 富有感情。
“New-learning” Education System and the Setback of Modernization in the Chinese Rural Community;
近代“新学”教育与乡村现代化的顿挫
In person he was handsome, strong and healthy.
他面貌清秀，体格健壮。
It was the voice of a born orator, rich in possible modulations.
这是一个天生演说家的富于抑扬顿挫的声音。
The rhythm of his speech held the attention of the audience.
(他讲话时语调的抑扬顿挫抓住了听众的注意力。
Dorothea said with the musical intonation.
多萝西亚开口了，她的声调显得抑扬顿挫。
Churchill's cadences began to roll out of the short-wave radio.
短波电台里开始传出邱吉尔那抑扬顿挫的声调。