心惊肉跳
Traditional form:
心驚肉跳
Pinyin (reading):
xīnjīngròutiào
Definitions:
- lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
Characters:
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 肉 - meat; flesh
- 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
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