神经失常

神經失常
shénjīngshīcháng
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 mental aberration
  2. 2 nervous disorder
  3. 3 to have a breakdown / lose one's mind

Examples

Tā tīngdào huài xiāoxī hòu yīshí shénjīng shīcháng.
He briefly lost his composure after hearing the bad news.
Nǐ bié shénjīng shīcháng le, shìqing méi nàme yánzhòng.
Don't lose it — things aren't that serious.

Tips

register
Colloquial. Often used hyperbolically (like English 'losing it') rather than as a clinical diagnosis. The medical term for psychiatric illness is 精神病 (jīngshénbìng) or 精神障碍 (jīngshén zhàng'ài).

Stroke Order

shén
jīng
shī
cháng