令人发指 (lìng rén fà zhǐ) — to make one's blood boil; to be outraged; extremely infuriating
Definition
A formal/literary idiom meaning 'outrageous enough to make one's hair stand on end' — describes cruel or unjust acts that provoke intense moral anger. Stronger and far more formal than everyday words like 让人生气.
idiom
to make one's blood boilto be outragedextremely infuriating
Examples
- 令人发指。Zhè zhǒng cán bào de xíng wéi shí zài lìng rén fà zhǐ.This kind of brutal behavior is truly outrageous.
- 令人发指，。Tā jū rán zuò chū rú cǐ lìng rén fà zhǐ de shì qing, dà jiā dōu wú fǎ yuán liàng.He actually did such an infuriating thing that no one could forgive him.
- 令人发指。Dāng nián zhàn zhēng de cǎn zhuàng lìng suǒ yǒu jiàn zhèng zhě lìng rén fà zhǐ.The horrors of the war back then made all witnesses seethe with anger.
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