惊世骇俗

驚世駭俗
jīngshìhàisú
idiom #28,548

Meanings

  1. 1 to shock the world and astonish conventional society
  2. 2 scandalously unconventional
  3. 3 to offend public sensibilities

Examples

Tā de yìshù zuòpǐn yǐ jīngshìhàisú zhùchēng.
His artworks are renowned for their shocking, convention-defying nature.
Zhège juédìng zài dāngshí bèi rènwéi shì jīngshìhàisú de.
This decision was considered scandalously unconventional at the time.

Tips

memory
(shock) + (world/age) + (terrify/startle) + (social customs): so shocking it terrifies the whole world's customs. A four-character explosion of controversy.

Stroke Order

jīng
shì
hài