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怔忡

Word · Verb

heart palpitations; nervous anxiety

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to have heart palpitations; to feel nervous or anxious

literary

A literary and medical term describing the physical sensation of heart fluttering or nervous unease, often due to anxiety or physical deficiency.

Lǎo老
rén人
yè夜
jiān间
zhēng怔
chōng忡
bù不
ān安
 ,
nán难
yǐ以
rù入
mián眠
 。

The elderly man felt palpitations and unease at night, making it difficult to fall asleep.

Tā她
yīn因
sī思
lǜ虑
guò过
dù度
 ,
yǐ以
zhì致
zhēng怔
chōng忡
xīn心
jì悸
 。

She suffered from palpitations and heart flutter due to excessive worrying.

Show 1 more example
Zhēng怔
chōng忡
zhī之
zhèng症
 ,
zhōng中
yī医
rèn认
wéi为
duō多
yóu由
xīn心
xuè血
xū虚
sǔn损
suǒ所
zhì致
 。

Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the condition of palpitations is mostly caused by deficiency of heart blood.