令人发指

Traditional form:

令人髮指

Pinyin (reading):

lìngrénfàzhǐ

Definitions:

• (idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

Characters:

• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
• 人 - man, person; people
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate

Traditional characters:

• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
• 人 - man, person; people
• 髮 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate