毛骨悚然 — Chinese idiom
毛骨悚然
máo gǔ sǒng rán
Meaning
- to have one's hair stand on end
- to feel one's blood run cold
Character by character
- 毛máohair, fur, feathers; coarse
- 骨gǔbone; skeleton; frame, framework
- 悚sǒngscared, frightened
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
Idioms sharing a character
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì
- 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo
- 千里鹅毛 qiān lǐ é máo
- 吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī
- 多如牛毛 duō rú niú máo
- 爱惜羽毛 ài xī yǔ máo
- 毛遂自荐 Máo Suì zì jiàn
- 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
- 轻于鸿毛 qīng yú hóng máo
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