胆惊心颤

膽驚心顫

dǎnjīngxīnchàn

idiom

Meanings

1 heart-in-mouth with terror; trembling with fear

Characters

gallbladder; courage

to startle; alarmed

Examples

听到那声响，他胆惊心颤。

Tīngdào nà shēngxiǎng, tā dǎnjīngxīnchàn.

Hearing that sound, he trembled with terror.

走过悬崖小路，让人胆惊心颤。

Zǒu guò xuányá xiǎolù, ràng rén dǎnjīngxīnchàn.

Walking the cliff-side path leaves you shaking with fear.

Tips

usage

A variant of the more common 心惊胆战 / 心惊胆颤 (xīnjīngdǎnzhàn) — same meaning, just with the gallbladder and heart swapped to the front. CC-CEDICT redirects 胆惊心颤 to 心惊胆战 for that reason.

Stroke Order

胆 dǎn

惊 jīng

心 xīn

颤 chàn