惊魂 (jīng hún) — state of shock or terror; frightened soul (literary)

Definition

Examples

• 事故之后，他惊魂未定，一直不说话。
  Shì gù zhī hòu, tā jīng hún wèi dìng, yì zhí bù shuō huà.
  After the accident, he was still shaken and didn't speak.
• 惊魂一刻，他差点从悬崖上掉下去。
  jīng hún Yí kè, tā chà diǎn cóng xuán yá shàng diào xià qù.
  In that moment of terror, he nearly fell off the cliff.
• 直到回到家里，他才惊魂甫定，慢慢缓过来。
  Zhí dào huí dào jiā lǐ, tā cái jīng hún fǔ dìng, màn màn huǎn guò lái.
  Only after returning home did he slowly recover from the shock.

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