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細思極恐

简细思极恐 · 繁細思極恐

Mandarin · pinyin xì sī jí kǒng

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(Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) alternative form of 細思恐極 /细思恐极 (xìsīkǒngjí, “The more one thinks about it, the more petrified one becomes.”)