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令人发指

lìng rén fà zhǐ

4-character word Traditional 令人髮指

What 令人发指 means

1. idiomto make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

The characters in 令人发指

• 令lìngto order; to command; an order
• 人rénperson; people
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to

Example sentences

• 阿里穆罕默德盖迪总理周六在奈洛比对记者表示，他的政府强烈谴责所谓的「令人发指、犯罪且不人道的行为」。
  Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi told reporters in Nairobi Saturday that his government strongly condemns what he called an "abhorrent, criminal and inhumane act."