- 心惊胆战
- xīnjīngdǎnzhàntremble with terror; shake with fright; quake with fear* * *shake with fear* * *shake with fear* * *xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear, scared witless* * *心惊胆战xīn jīng dǎn zhànheart startling and gallbladder trembling -- be deeply (greatly) alarmed; be panic-stricken; be in great trepidation; be all of a jump; make one's blood curdle; shake with fright; shudder with terror; strike terror into the heart of; tremble (quake) with fear (fright; terror)* * *心驚膽戰|心惊胆战 [xīn jīng dǎn zhàn] ► lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear ► scared witless
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.