惊 (驚) jīng
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jīng
verb
to be surprised; to be frightened; to be scared
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, '惊心动魄 'to surprise the heart and move the soul' (CCI p. 38; Guoyu '驚' v 2; Kroll 2015 '驚' 2, p. 218; Unihan '驚') -
jīng
adjective
nervous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '驚' 1, p. 218) -
jīng
verb
to bolt [of a horse]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 1) -
jīng
verb
to shake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 3) -
jīng
verb
to disturb
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 4)
Contained in
- 惊诧(驚詫) to be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
- 惊风(驚風) infantile convulsion
- 惊魂甫定(驚魂甫定) to have just recovered from a shock
- 惊心胆颤(驚心膽顫) frightening; frightened
- 可惊(可驚) astonishing
- 惊悚(驚悚) horror (movie); thriller
- 惊师动众(驚師動眾) to alarm everyone; to scandalize the public
- 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
- 惊歎(驚歎) to exclaim in surprise
- 惊慌失措(驚慌失措) to lose one's head out of fear
- 吃惊(吃驚) to be startled
- 惊槑(驚槑) stupefied; stunned
- 惊鸿(驚鴻) graceful; lithe
- 平生不做亏心事,半夜敲门心不惊(平生不做虧心事,半夜敲門心不驚) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
- 惊叹(驚嘆) to exclaim in surprise
- 触目惊心(觸目驚心) shocks the eye, astonishes the heart; shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight
- 一鸣惊人(一鳴驚人) to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; an overnight celebrity
- 惊觉(驚覺) to realize suddenly; to wake up with a start
- 自相惊扰(自相驚擾) to frighten one another
- 惊恐万状(驚恐萬狀) convulsed with fear
- 惊奇(驚奇) amazed
- 大惊失色(大驚失色) to turn pale with fright
- 担惊受怕(擔驚受怕) to feel apprehensive; to be alarmed
- 惊讶(驚訝) amazed; astonished; surprised; amazing
- 惊异(驚異) amazed; astonished
- 惊扰(驚擾) to alarm; to agitate
- 肉颤心惊(肉顫心驚) body trembling and heart frightened
- 惊慌失色(驚慌失色) to go pale in panic
- 石破天惊(石破天驚) earth-shattering; breakthrough; remarkable and original work
- 大惊小怪(大驚小怪) to make a fuss about nothing
- 怵目惊心(怵目驚心) shocks the eye, astonishes the heart; shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight
- 惊栗(驚慄) horror (genre); to tremble in fear
- 惊人之举(驚人之舉) to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
- 惊疑(驚疑) bewildered
- 大吃一惊(大吃一驚) to have a surprise; shocked or startled; gobsmacked
- 惊颤(驚顫) to quake in fear
- 惊惧(驚懼) panic; fright
- 惊吓(驚嚇) to frighten; to horrify; to terrify
- 惊鸟(驚鳥) to scare a bird into flight
- 胆颤心惊(膽顫心驚) panic-stricken
- 徒自惊扰(徒自驚擾) to alarm oneself unnecessarily
- 科技惊悚小说(科技驚悚小說) techno-thriller novel; science fiction thriller
- 惊骇(驚駭) to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
- 惊弓之鸟(驚弓之鳥) a bird frightened by a bow; one frightened by past experiences
- 惊愕(驚愕) startled; astonishmed
- 惊险(驚險) thrilling; a thriller
- 惊跳(驚跳) to shy (away); to give a start
- 夜惊(夜驚) night terror; sleep terror
- 惊怯(驚怯) cowardly and panicking
- 惊错(驚錯) puzzled; surprised and nonplussed
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- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 10
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
- 第一回 Chapter 1 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
- 卷四十一 列傳第二十二 張融 周顒 Volume 41 Biographies 22: Zhang Rong, Zhou Yong Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 8
- 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 7
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
Collocations
- 惊曰 (驚曰) 善人不驚曰刑正之 — Guanzi 管子, 正第四十三 Chapter 43: Uprightness — count: 17
- 马惊 (馬驚) 馬驚 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 11
- 惊走 (驚走) 工十三人驚走 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 6
- 王惊 (王驚) 王驚曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 6
- 不可惊 (不可驚) 不可驚以怪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 3
- 振惊 (振驚) 莫不振驚 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 3
- 阳惊 (陽驚) 即陽驚曰 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十 張陳王周傳 Volume 40: Zhang, Chen, Wang and Zhou — count: 3
- 惊乱 (驚亂) 巡軍驚亂奔走 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十七 馮岑賈列傳 Volume 17: Biographies of Feng, Cen, Jia — count: 3
- 中惊 (中驚) 軍中驚 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 3
- 惊惮 (驚憚) 雉亦知驚憚遠飛 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 3