令人发指 — Chinese idiom
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
Traditional: 令人髮指
Meaning
- to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
Character by character
- 令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to c
- 人rénman, person; people
- 发fàto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
Idioms sharing a character
- 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
- 令人瞩目 lìng rén zhǔ mù
- 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
- 利令智昏 lì lìng zhì hūn
- 巧言令色 qiǎo yán lìng sè
- 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi
- 发号施令 fā hào shī lìng
- 色令智昏 sè lìng zhì hūn
- 军令如山 jūn lìng rú shān
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
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