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触目惊心

chù mù jīng xīn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 觸目驚心

触目惊心 (chù mù jīng xīn) means "lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 触目惊心 means

1. lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
2. horrible to see
3. a ghastly sight

The characters in 触目惊心

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 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.

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