心惊肉跳 — Chinese idiom
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
Traditional: 心驚肉跳
Meaning
- lit. heart alarmed, body leaping ; fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
Character by character
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 肉ròumeat; flesh
- 跳tiàoto hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to da
Idioms sharing a character
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 人心惶惶 rén xīn huáng huáng
- 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn
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