萬籟俱寂

From a famous poem by Chang Jian:

萬籟此俱寂，但餘鐘磬音。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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万籁此俱寂，但余钟磬音。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 744~753, 常建,《題破山寺後禪院》, translated by Xu Zhongjie (徐忠杰)

Wànlài cǐ jù jì, dàn yú zhōngqìng yīn. [Pinyin]

Myriad sounds die away, before they reach the nearby dell.
The only distinct notes are from the monastery bell.

萬籟俱寂

1. (of nature) a great depth of stillness; all fretful stirrings of the world hushed; all is quiet and still

   • 乃偕往，但見木犀香裏，一路霜林，月下長空，萬籟俱寂。星爛彈《梅花三弄》，飄飄欲仙。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     乃偕往，但见木犀香里，一路霜林，月下长空，万籁俱寂。星烂弹《梅花三弄》，飘飘欲仙。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: w:Shen Fu, Six Records of a Floating Life, late 18^th century CE– early 19^th century CE

     Nǎi xié wǎng, dàn jiàn mùxī xiāng lǐ, yīlù shuāng lín, yuèxià chángkōng, wànlàijùjì. Xīnglàn tán “Méihuā Sānnòng”, piāopiāoyùxiān. [Pinyin]

     We all went together, cloaked in the fragrance of the cassia flowers along a road bordered by a frosty forest. The sky stretched out empty and vast in the moonlight, and the whole world was silent. At the pavilion Hsing-lan played Three Tunes of the Plum Blossom on his lute, and it felt as though we were drifting off to the Land of the Immortals.

• 萬籟無聲／万籁无声