震惊中外

Traditional form:

震驚中外

Pinyin (reading):

zhènjīngzhōngwài

Definitions:

• to shock the whole world

Characters:

• 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite
• 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition

Traditional characters:

• 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite
• 驚 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition