膽戰心驚

See also: 胆战心惊

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle	heart; mind	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (膽戰心驚)		膽	戰	心	驚
simp. (胆战心惊)		胆	战	心	惊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnzhànxīnjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² zin³ sam¹ ging¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dan² ziang³ sim¹ gian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnzhànxīnjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnjhànsinjing
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-chan⁴-hsin¹-ching¹
    • Yale: dǎn-jàn-syīn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanjannshinjing
    • Palladius: даньчжаньсиньцзин (danʹčžanʹsinʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² zin³ sam¹ ging¹
    • Yale: dáam jin sām gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² dzin³ sam¹ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² jin³ sem¹ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ t͡siːn³³ sɐm⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dan² ziang³ sim¹ gian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táⁿ tsiàng sim kiaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tã⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sim³³⁻²³ kĩã³³/

Idiom

膽戰心驚

1. to tremble with fear; to be terror-stricken

Synonyms

• 心驚膽戰／心惊胆战 (xīnjīngdǎnzhàn)