魂不附体

húnbúfùtǐ

feel as if one's soul had left one's body

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be scared out of wits

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be scared out of wits

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hun2 bu4 fu4 ti3

lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits, beside oneself

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魂不附体

hún bú fù tǐ

（形容恐惧万分） Body and soul parted -- greatly frightened.; be scared to death; as if the soul had left the body; be entranced with fear; be frightened out of one's wits (senses); nearly died with (of) fright; One's heart died within one.; One's soul almost left one's body with fright.; one's soul nearly flew from his body in fear.; (They) were so terrified that (their) souls seemed no longer to inhabit (their) bodies.

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魂不附體|魂不附体 [hún bù fù tǐ] ► lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits ► beside oneself