大吃一惊
dà chī yī jīng
Pinyin

Definition

大吃一惊
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dà chī yī jīng
  1. to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled
  2. gobsmacked

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
吃
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])
大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
一些
yī xiē
  1. 1 some
  2. 2 a few
  3. 3 a little
  4. 4 (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一共
yī gòng
  1. 1 altogether
一再
yī zài
  1. 1 repeatedly
一切
yī qiè
  1. 1 everything
  2. 2 every
  3. 3 all
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
一口气
yī kǒu qì
  1. 1 one breath
  2. 2 in one breath
  3. 3 at a stretch
一同
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一切就绪
yī qiè jiù xù
  1. 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call

Sample Sentences

哦，我亲爱的皇后，我第一次看“网络直播”平台的时候，也是大吃一惊，直播平台上林林总总什么样的直播都有，有人教化妆，有人卖服装，有人秀身材还有人直播吃汉堡。
ò ，wǒ qīn ài de huánghòu ，wǒ dì yī cì kàn “wǎngluò zhíbō ”píngtái de shíhou ，yě shì dàchīyījīng ，zhíbō píngtái shàng línlínzǒngzǒng shénmeyàng de zhíbō dōu yǒu ，yǒurén jiāo huàzhuāng ，yǒurén mài fúzhuāng ，yǒurén xiù shēncái hái yǒurén zhíbō chī hànbǎo 。
Oh, my dearest queen, the first time I watched a live internet broadcast platform, I was taken aback too. On live broadcast platforms there all sorts of live broadcasts, some people give make-up tutorials, some people sell clothing, some people show off their physique and others show themselves eating hamburgers.
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每个人看到化妆后的她都大吃一惊。她妆前、妆后根本是两个不同人！
měigè rén kàndào huàzhuāng hòu de tā dōu dàchīyījīng 。tā zhuāng qián 、zhuāng hòu gēnběn shì liǎng ge bùtóng rén ！
Everyone was surprised when they saw her with makeup. She is a totally different person with her makeup on!
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隔天，8月7号星期四，女孩儿消失的第32天，一个雷电交加的夜晚。这晚秦宇照常是一个人在店里。洗着杯子的时候，不知怎的，总觉得背后好像有双眼睛在盯着他，心里不禁感到毛毛的，浑身不自在。转过身，他大吃一惊！
gétiān ，bā yuè qī hào Xīngqīsì ，nǚháiēr xiāoshī de dì sānshíèr tiān ，yīgè léidiànjiāojiā de yèwǎn 。zhè wǎn qínyǔ zhàocháng shì yīgè rén zài diàn lǐ 。xǐ zhe bēizi de shíhou ，bùzhīzěnde ，zǒng juéde bèihòu hǎoxiàng yǒu shuāng yǎnjing zài dīng zhe tā ，xīnli bùjīn gǎndào máomáo de ，húnshēn bùzìzai 。zhuàn guò shēn ，tā dàchīyījīng ！
The next day, Thursday, August 7th, the 32nd day since the girl disappeared, it’s a dark and stormy night. QinYu was in the shop by himself as usual. When washing the glasses, he somehow felt that there was someone staring at him. He couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine. As he turned around, he was shocked by what he saw!!
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