惊 (驚) jīng

1. 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')
2. jīng adjective nervous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '驚' 1, p. 218)
3. jīng verb to bolt [of a horse]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 1)
4. jīng verb to shake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 3)
5. jīng verb to disturb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '驚' v 4)

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• 惊喜(驚喜) be pleasantly surprised ; a pleasant surprise
• 怵目惊心(怵目驚心) shocks the eye, astonishes the heart; shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight
• 震惊中外(震驚中外) to shock the whole world
• 惊醒(驚醒) to rouse; to be woken by something; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
• 惊慌失色(驚慌失色) to go pale in panic
• 惊槑(驚槑) stupefied; stunned
• 吃惊(吃驚) to be startled
• 惊颤(驚顫) to quake in fear
• 惊梦(驚夢) to awaken from a dream
• 惊魂(驚魂) in a panicked state; frightened
• 惊逃(驚逃) to stampede
• 惊世骇俗(驚世駭俗) universally shocking; to offend the whole of society
• 惊错(驚錯) puzzled; surprised and nonplussed
• 惊慌失措(驚慌失措) to lose one's head out of fear
• 惊赏(驚賞) surprised and admiring; to appreciate with surprise
• 惊怕(驚怕) alarmed; frightened
• 惊群动众(驚群動眾) to alarm everyone; to scandalize the public
• 一惊一乍(一驚一乍) frightened; flustered
• 可惊(可驚) astonishing
• 打草惊蛇(打草驚蛇) beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
• 肉颤心惊(肉顫心驚) body trembling and heart frightened
• 鸡犬不惊(雞犬不驚) not even a cock crowing or a dog barking; peace and quiet
• 惊跳(驚跳) to shy (away); to give a start
• 惊弓之鸟(驚弓之鳥) a bird frightened by a bow; one frightened by past experiences
• 惊叹不已(驚嘆不已) to exclaim in astonishment
• 惊蛰(驚蟄) Jinzhe ; startled insects
• 震惊(震驚) to shock; to astonish
• 惊呆(驚呆) stupefied; stunned
• 惊恐翼龙(驚恐翼龍) Phobetor (genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur)
• 惊起(驚起) to start in surprise; to give a jolt of surprise
• 惊呼(驚呼) to cry out in alarm or surprise
• 胆颤心惊(膽顫心驚) panic-stricken
• 徒自惊扰(徒自驚擾) to alarm oneself unnecessarily
• 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.
• 惊叹号(驚嘆號) exclamation mark ! (punct.)
• 惊悉(驚悉) to be shocked to learn
• 心惊胆战(心驚膽戰) trembling with fear
• 惊恐(驚恐) to alarm; to dismay; to appall
• 一鸣惊人(一鳴驚人) to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; an overnight celebrity
• 担惊受怕(擔驚受怕) to feel apprehensive; to be alarmed
• 好梦惊回(好夢驚回) startled from my beautiful dream
• 惊歎(驚歎) to exclaim in surprise
• 惊天动地(驚天動地) alarming heaven and shaking the earth; world shaking
• 有惊无险(有驚無險) to be more scared than hurt; to get through a daunting experience without mishap
• 惊讶(驚訝) amazed; astonished; surprised; amazing
• 惊险(驚險) thrilling; a thriller
• 夜惊(夜驚) night terror; sleep terror
• 科技惊悚小说(科技驚悚小說) techno-thriller novel; science fiction thriller
• 惊人之举(驚人之舉) to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
• 大吃一惊(大吃一驚) to have a surprise; shocked or startled; gobsmacked

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受宠若惊

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 第一回 Chapter 1 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 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
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 振惊 (振驚) 莫不振驚 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 3
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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