失魂丧魄
shī​hún​sàng​pò

scared out of one's wits

  • created sense approved 失魂丧魄/失魂喪魄 · shī​hún​sàng​pò · scared out of one's wits — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    失魂丧魄 / 失魂喪魄

    shī​hún​sàng​pò

    scared out of one's wits

    overcome with fear or confusion so as to lose one's presence of mind; driven to distraction

    失魂 (literal) → 失魂 · shī​hún · to panic 丧 (literal) → 丧/喪 · sàng · to lose 魄 (literal) → 魄 · pò · soul

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

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