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大吃一惊

dà chī yī jīng

HSK 3.0 level 6 4-character word Traditional 大吃一驚

大吃一惊 (dà chī yī jīng) means "to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled; gobsmacked". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大吃一惊 means

1. idiomastounded; flabbergasted; taken aback

The characters in 大吃一惊

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared

Example sentences

• 这让我大吃一惊。
  This has shocked me.
• 她肯定会大吃一惊的。
  Tā kěndìng huì dàchīyījīng de.
  She is certain to be surprised.
• 我觉得你真是让人大吃一惊。
  Wǒ juéde nǐ zhēn shì ràng rén dà chī yī jīng.
  I think you're really amazing.
• 老人一看到这桃子，大吃一惊，说道：「这确实是我见过的最大的桃子！你是在哪里买的？」
  When the old man looked at the peach, he was greatly astonished and said: "This is indeed the largest peach I have ever seen! Wherever did you buy it?"

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