chù mù jīng xīn

Traditional: 怵目驚心

怵目惊心 (chù mù jīng xīn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
  2. 2horrible to see
  3. 3a ghastly sight
  4. 4also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心

Characters in 怵目惊心

怵chù · fearful目mù · eye惊jīng · to startle心xīn · heart

Related words

担心anxious心heart小心to be careful节目(TV or radio) program; show开心to feel happy目标target关心to be concerned about; to care about中心center; heart; core恶心nausea恶心bad habit恶心variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]目前at the present time

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