心惊胆战
Traditional form:
心驚膽戰
Pinyin (reading):
xīnjīngdǎnzhàn
Definitions:
- lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
- scared witless
Characters:
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 胆 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
- 战 - war, fighting, battle
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