惊心动魄 — Chinese idiom
惊心动魄
jīng xīn dòng pò
Traditional: 驚心動魄
Meaning
- heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
Character by character
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
- 魄pòvigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon
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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