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魂不附體

简魂不附体 · 繁魂不附體

Mandarin · pinyin hún bù fù tǐ

lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits
beside oneself

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魂: hún · soul, spirit
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
附: fù · adhere to, append; rely on near to
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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2–4–4–3 · hun2 bu4 fu4 ti3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan4 bat1 fu6 tai2

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(idiomatic) to be so scared or shocked that one practically leaps out of one's skin

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