hún fēi pò sàn

Traditional: 魂飛魄散

魂飞魄散 (hún fēi pò sàn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to be frightened stiff
  3. 3spooked out of one's mind
  4. 4terror-stricken

Characters in 魂飞魄散

魂hún · soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)飞fēi · to fly魄pò · (literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)散sǎn · scattered

Related words

飞机airplane飞to fly灵魂soul鬼魂ghost飞行(of planes etc) to fly飞船spaceship散scattered散to scatter散variant of 散[san4]起飞(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off飞行员pilot散步to take a walk; to go for a walk

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