人心惶惶 (rén xīn huáng huáng) — (idiom) everyone is anxious; a general mood of public anxiety
Definition
A chengyu (idiom) describing a shared mood of anxiety and unease spreading through a group of people. Always refers to collective fear or worry, not one person.
idiom
everyone is anxiousa general mood of public anxiety
Examples
- ，人心惶惶。Zì cóng nà ge xiāo xi chuán kāi, zhěng gè chéng shì rén xīn huáng huáng.Ever since that news spread, the whole city was filled with anxiety.
- 人心惶惶，。Jīng jì wēi jī ràng zhěng gè háng yè rén xīn huáng huáng, hěn duō rén dōu pà shī yè.The economic crisis made the entire industry anxious; many people feared losing their jobs.
- ，人心惶惶，。Yáo yán sì qǐ, jū mín men rén xīn huáng huáng, bù zhī dào fā shēng le shén me shì.Rumors spread everywhere, and the residents were anxious, not knowing what had happened.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate
A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.
'人心' (people's hearts) and '惶惶' (anxious) picture everyone feeling uneasy.
Appears in
Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.