心有余悸

心有餘悸
xīnyǒuyújì
idiom #32,899

Meanings

  1. 1 to have lingering fear
  2. 2 still shaken after a frightening experience
  3. 3 one's heart still pounds at the memory

Examples

Jīngguò nà chǎng chēhuò, wǒ zhìjīn xīnyǒuyújì.
After that car accident, I'm still shaken even now.
Xiǎngqǐ zuówǎn de zāoyù, tā réngrán xīnyǒuyújì.
Thinking of what happened last night, she still feels a lingering dread.

Tips

memory
(jì) means 'heart pounding from fear.' Literally: 'in the heart () there is still () a pounding ().' The fear is over but the body hasn't caught up.
usage
Typically used when recalling a past danger or trauma — accident, attack, near-miss. The danger itself must be past; present fear would be just 害怕.

Stroke Order

xīn
yǒu