大吃一惊
Traditional form:
大吃一驚
Pinyin (reading):
dàchīyījīng
Definitions:
- to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled
- gobsmacked
Characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
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