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吓
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Definitions
- 1. to scare
- 2. to intimidate
- 3. to threaten
- 4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
- 5. (interjection showing astonishment)
Example Sentences
1 shown我 吓 一跳。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 吓
to scare
to be scared senseless
to intimidate
to faint from fear
to be frightened
unilateral threat
to scare away
to scare
to be scared out of one's wits
to tremble with fear
to frighten
lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
to threaten
(of a nation) to denounce and threaten with military force
startled
to threaten
to be terrified
to terrify