令人发指 — Chinese idiom

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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