Tīngdào huài xiāoxi, tā mùjiāngjiāng de zuò zài nàlǐ, yíjùhuà yě shuō bù chū.
At the bad news he sat there frozen like wood, unable to say a word.
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Covers both physical stiffness (cold, paralysis) and a dazed, unreactive state of mind. Compare 呆呆地 which is more about vacant staring, without the frozen-stiff nuance.