惊恐万状 — Chinese idiom
惊恐万状
jīng kǒng wàn zhuàng
Traditional: 驚恐萬狀
Meaning
- convulsed with fear
Character by character
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 恐kǒngfearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 状zhuàngstate, condition; shape, appearance, form; certifi
Idioms sharing a character
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 大惊失色 dà jīng shī sè
- 大惊小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài
- 心惊肉跳 xīn jīng ròu tiào
- 心惊胆战 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
- 怵目惊心 chù mù jīng xīn
- 打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé
- 拍案惊奇 pāi àn jīng qí
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