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大驚

简大惊 · 繁大驚

Mandarin · pinyin dà jīng

with great alarm

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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惊: jīng · frighten, surprise, startle

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4–1 · da4 jing1

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verb

(literary) to be shocked; to be very surprised

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