惊心动魄 meaning in English
(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
Meaning of 惊心动魄
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
jīngxīndòngpò
- (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
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惊 jīng · to startle · 11 strokes
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心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes
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动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes
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魄 pò · vigor · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 惊心动魄.
| 动作 | dòngzuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | to be careful; to take care |
| 开心 | kāixīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 动物 | dòngwù | animal |
| 关心 | guānxīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 中心 | zhōngxīn | center; heart; core |
| 放心 | fàngxīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured |
| 心情 | xīnqíng | mood; frame of mind |
| 心里 | xīnlǐ | chest; heart; mind |
| 活动 | huódòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 | yùndòng | to move; to exercise |
Questions about 惊心动魄
What does 惊心动魄 mean?
惊心动魄 (jīngxīn-dòngpò) means "(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking".
How do you write 惊心动魄?
惊心动魄 is made of 4 characters: 惊 (11 strokes), 心 (4 strokes), 动 (6 strokes), 魄 (14 strokes). That is 35 strokes in total.
Is 惊心动魄 an HSK word?
Yes. 惊心动魄 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 惊心动魄 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 惊心动魄 is written 驚心動魄.