吓倒

嚇倒

xiàdǎo

verb #11,686

Meanings

1 to frighten
2 to scare
3 to intimidate

Characters

to scare; to frighten

to fall; to collapse

Examples

HSK 5

突然出现的蛇把她吓倒了。

Tūrán chūxiàn de shé bǎ tā xiàdǎo le.

A snake that suddenly appeared scared her so much she fell down.

HSK 5

困难吓不倒我们。

Kùnnán xià bù dǎo wǒmen.

Difficulties can't intimidate us.

Tips

grammar

吓倒 is a resultative complement: 吓 (scare) + 倒 (fall over/collapse). The pattern X不倒 means 'cannot X someone down.'

Stroke Order

吓 xià

倒 dǎo