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一夕数惊

yī xī shù jīng

4-character word Traditional 一夕數驚

What 一夕数惊 means

1. (lit.) one scare after another in a single night (idiom)
2. (fig.) to live in fear

The characters in 一夕数惊

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared

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