怵目惊心 — Chinese idiom
怵目惊心
chù mù jīng xīn
Traditional: 怵目驚心
Meaning
- lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart ; shocking
- horrible to see
- a ghastly sight
- also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心
Character by character
- 怵chùfearful, apprehensive; timid, shy
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一叶障目 yī yè zhàng mù
- 令人瞩目 lìng rén zhǔ mù
- 伤心惨目 shāng xīn cǎn mù
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
- 反目成仇 fǎn mù chéng chóu
- 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō
- 巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù
- 怒目相向 nù mù xiāng xiàng
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