- lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
Characters
- 心 (心): heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 惊 (驚): to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
- 肉 (肉): meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
- 跳 (跳): to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
Resources
- Wiktionary: 心惊肉跳
- MDBG: 心惊肉跳
- Examples with 心惊肉跳 on Tatoeba
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