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Trad. 驚蟄
- Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
Trad. 驚豔
- very impressed; stunned; amazed
- to astonish; to impress greatly
Trad. 驚車
- runaway carriage (caused by the harnessed animal bolting in fright)
Trad. 驚醒
- to rouse
- to be woken by sth
- to wake with a start
- to sleep lightly
Trad. 驚風
- infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)
Trad. 受寵若驚
- overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
Trad. 膽戰心驚
- to tremble with fear (idiom)
- scared witless
Trad. 驚世駭俗
- universally shocking
- to offend the whole of society
Trad. 驚人之舉
- to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
Trad. 驚喜若狂
- pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom); capering madly with joy
- to express boundless pleasure
Trad. 膽驚心顫
- see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
Trad. 驚師動眾
- to alarm everyone
- to scandalize the public
Trad. 驚弓之鳥
- lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)
- fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
Trad. 驚心動魄
- (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
Trad. 天驚石破
- see 石破天驚|石破天惊[shi2 po4 tian1 jing1]
Trad. 驚恐翼龍
- Phobetor (genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur)
Trad. 驚惶失措
- see 驚慌失措|惊慌失措[jing1 huang1 shi1 cuo4]
Trad. 驚慌失措
- to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
Trad. 驚為天人
- lit. to be astonished as if beholding a heavenly being (idiom)
- fig. to be astounded by sb's or sth's extraordinary beauty or excellence
Trad. 驚群動眾
- to alarm everyone
- to scandalize the public
Trad. 處變不驚
- to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)
Trad. 驚魂甫定
- to have just recovered from a shock
Trad. 怵目驚心
- lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
- horrible to see
- a ghastly sight
- also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心
Trad. 科技驚悚
- techno-thriller (novel)
- science fiction thriller
Trad. 打草驚蛇
- lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
- fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
- to punish sb as a warning to others
Trad. 大吃一驚
- (idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
Trad. 石破天驚
- earth-shattering
- breakthrough
- remarkable and original work
Trad. 動魄驚心
- see 驚心動魄|惊心动魄[jing1 xin1 dong4 po4]
Trad. 有驚無險
- to be more scared than hurt (idiom)
- to get through a daunting experience without mishap
Trad. 大驚失色
- to turn pale with fright (idiom)
Trad. 大驚小怪
- to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
Trad. 心驚肉跳
- lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
Trad. 心驚膽戰
- lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
- scared witless
Trad. 心驚膽顫
- see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
Trad. 語驚四座
- to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom)
- (of a remark) startling
Trad. 一鳴驚人
- to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
Trad. 一夕數驚
- lit. one scare after another in a single night (idiom)
- fig. to live in fear
Trad. 拍案驚奇
- to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
- amazing!
Trad. 擔驚受怕
- (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
Trad. 觸目驚心
- lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
- horrible to see
- a ghastly sight
Trad. 二刻拍案驚奇
- Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
Trad. 科技驚悚小說
- techno-thriller novel
Trad. 初刻拍案驚奇
- Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]