胆战心惊 — Chinese idiom
胆战心惊
dǎn zhàn xīn jīng
Traditional: 膽戰心驚
Meaning
- to tremble with fear
- scared witless
Character by character
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
- 战zhànwar, fighting, battle
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
Idioms sharing a character
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
- 侠肝义胆 xiá gān yì dǎn
- 倾心吐胆 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
- 心胆俱裂 xīn dǎn jù liè
- 心惊胆战 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
- 忠肝义胆 zhōng gān yì dǎn
- 披肝沥胆 pī gān lì dǎn
- 提心吊胆 tí xīn diào dǎn
- 狗胆包天 gǒu dǎn bāo tiān
- 碎心裂胆 suì xīn liè dǎn
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