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怵目惊心

chù mù jīng xīn

4-character word Traditional 怵目驚心

What 怵目惊心 means

1. lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
2. horrible to see
3. a ghastly sight
4. also written 触目惊心

The characters in 怵目惊心

• 怵chùfearful; timid; to fear
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Sounds the same

Read chù mù jīng xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 触目惊心lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see…