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打寒噤

Word · VerbTraditional打寒戰

shiver from cold or fear

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to shiver or tremble from cold or fear; to shudder

Commonly written as 打寒颤 (traditional: 打寒顫) or 打寒噤 (dǎ hán jìn). Often used with complements like 直 or 得.

Tā他
zài在
bīng冰
tiān天
xuě雪
dì地
lǐ里
zhàn站
le了
bàn半
gè个
xiǎo小
shí时
 ,
dòng冻
de得
zhí直
dǎ打
hán寒
zhàn战
 。

He stood in the freezing snow for half an hour and was shivering from the cold.

Tīng听
dào到
zhè这
gè个
kǒng恐
bù怖
de的
gù故
shi事
 ,
tā她
bù不
jīn禁
dǎ打
le了
ge个
hán寒
zhàn战
 。

Hearing that horror story, she couldn't help but shudder.

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Fā发
shāo烧
de的
shí时
hou候
 ,
tā他
hún浑
shēn身
dǎ打
hán寒
zhàn战
 。

When he had a fever, he was shivering all over.