大吃一惊
dà​chī​yī​jīng HSK7

to be greatly surprised

  • created sense approved 大吃一惊/大吃一驚 · dà​chī​yī​jīng · to be greatly surprised — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大吃一惊 / 大吃一驚

    dà​chī​yī​jīng

    to be greatly surprised

    (idiom) to be stunned, shocked, or taken aback by what one sees or hears; to have the fright of one's life

    dà​chī​yì​jīng

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · greatly 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to suffer 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [suddenness] 惊 (literal) → 惊/驚 · jīng · to be startled

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense