吃惊 (吃驚)
chī jīng
Pinyin

Definition

吃惊 (吃驚)
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chī jīng
  1. to be startled
  2. to be shocked
  3. to be amazed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chī
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 to consume
  3. 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  4. 4 to eradicate
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to absorb
  7. 7 to suffer
  8. 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
chī chī
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
  2. 2 sound of stammering
chī wán
  1. 1 to finish eating
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine

Idioms (20)

不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
吃一堑,长一智
chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
吃不了兜着走
chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu
  1. 1 lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you'll have to take the consequences

Sample Sentences

人们第一次看到流星时,都很吃惊。以为有不好的事情即将发生。
rénmen dìyīcì kàndào liúxīng shí ,dōu hěn chījīng 。yǐwéi yǒu bùhǎo de shìqing jíjiāng fāshēng 。
People were surprised when they first saw meteors.They thought something bad was about to happen.
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吃惊
chījīng
be surprised
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很吃惊,没有想到。
hěn chījīng ,méiyǒu xiǎngdào 。
very surprising, unexpected
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他很吃惊,难道中国人用筷子上厕所?
tā hěn chījīng ,nándào Zhōngguórén yòng kuàizi shàng cèsuǒ ?
He was really surprised. Could Chinese people use chopsticks when they go to the restroom?
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不是,我只是有些吃惊,你看起来并不像“同志”。
bù shì ,wǒ zhǐshì yǒuxiē chījīng ,nǐ kàn qilai bìngbù xiàng “tóngzhì ”。