毛骨悚然
máo gǔ sǒng rán
Pinyin

Definition

毛骨悚然
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máo gǔ sǒng rán
  1. to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
  2. to feel one's blood run cold

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不然
bù rán
  1. 1 not so
  2. 2 no
  3. 3 or else
  4. 4 otherwise
  5. 5 if not
  6. 6 How about ...?
依然
yī rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 as before
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
果然
guǒ rán
  1. 1 really
  2. 2 sure enough
  3. 3 as expected
  4. 4 if indeed
毛
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean

Sample Sentences

这时，他一阵毛骨悚然，起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。
zhèshí ，tā yīzhèn máogǔsǒngrán ，qǐ le yīshēn jīpígēda 。
Just then, he felt a chill down his spine and got goose bumps all over him.
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说实在的 我 看 的 恐怖片 也 不 算 多，没有 太 多 的 发言权。不过 据 我 了解，有别于 好莱坞 依赖 特效 和 血腥 暴力 的 做法。日本 恐怖片 除了 制造 视觉 恐怖，还 利用 故事 和 角色 来 制造 心理 恐怖，让人 从 心底 里 感到 毛骨悚然。
shuōshízàide wǒ kàn de kǒngbùpiānr yě bù suàn duō ，méiyǒu tài duō de fāyánquán 。bùguò jù wǒ liǎojiě ，yǒubiéyú Hǎoláiwù yīlài tèxiào hé xuèxīng bàolì de zuòfǎ 。Rìběn kǒngbùpiānr chúle zhìzào shìjué kǒngbù ，hái lìyòng gùshi hé juésè lái zhìzào xīnlǐ kǒngbù ，ràng rén cóng xīndǐ lǐ gǎndào máogǔsǒngrán 。
To be honest I haven't seen too many scary movies, either. So I don't have the right to say all that much. But as far as I can see, the difference is in the fact that Hollywood depends on special effects and blood and guts. Japanese movies not only create visual creepiness, they also use plot and perspective to create psychological terror, so that you feel chilled to the bone.
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