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吓一跳

xià yī tiào

3-character word Traditional 嚇一跳

What 吓一跳 means

1. startled
2. to frighten
3. scared out of one's skin

The characters in 吓一跳

• 吓xiàto frighten; to scare
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 跳tiàoto jump; to hop; to skip over

Example sentences

• 我吓一跳。
  Wǒ xiàyītiào.
  I was shocked.

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