魂飞魄散 — Chinese idiom
魂飞魄散
hún fēi pò sàn
Traditional: 魂飛魄散
Meaning
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters
- fig. to be frightened stiff
- spooked out of one's mind
- terror-stricken
Character by character
- 魂húnsoul, spirit
- 飞fēito fly, to dart; high
- 魄pòvigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon
- 散sànto scatter, to disperse, to break up
Idioms sharing a character
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 丧魂失魄 sàng hún shī pò
- 丧魂落魄 sàng hún luò pò
- 失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò
- 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
- 扬幡招魂 yáng fān zhāo hún
- 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
- 阴魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn
- 魂不守舍 hún bù shǒu shè
- 魂不附体 hún bù fù tǐ
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