魂飞魄散

魂飞魄散
húnfēisàn

lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom)

4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom)

    • He was so frightened that his soul scattered.

  2. adjective

    fig. to be frightened stiff

  3. adjective

    spooked out of one's mind

    • He was so frightened that his soul scattered.

  4. adjective

    terror-stricken

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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

The invisible ghostly cloud of a dead person's soul lingers around us.

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