terrified; horror-stricken
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terrified; horror-stricken; showing fear
literaryLiterary term describing an appearance or state of fear. Most commonly appears in the idiom 毛骨悚然 (hair standing on end with horror).
Tīng听
dào到
zhè这
gè个
kě可
pà怕
de的
gù故
shi事
，
zhòng众
rén人
wú无
bù不
sǒng悚
rán然
。
Hearing this terrifying story, everyone was horror-stricken.
Shēn深
yè夜
dú独
zì自
xíng行
zǒu走
zài在
mù墓
dì地
lǐ里
，
tā他
bù不
jīn禁
gǎn感
dào到
yī一
zhèn阵
sǒng悚
rán然
。
Walking alone in the cemetery late at night, he couldn't help feeling a wave of terror.
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máo毛
gǔ骨
sǒng悚
rán然
to make one's hair stand on end; to be bloodcurdling