WordTaiwan frequency #9,599
大吃一驚
ㄉㄚˋ ㄔ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄥ
“to be greatly startled; to be shocked; to be taken aback; to be flabbergasted”
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大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
吃
ㄔ
to eat; to consume; to absorb; to take in; to suffer; to be defeated; to capture (in a game); to swallow
一
ㄧ
The number one; single; a; as soon as; entire; whole; all; a "one" radical in Chinese characters; also used for clarity when spelling out numbers.
驚
ㄐㄧㄥ
to startle or frighten; to be alarmed or scared; to be shocked or shaken; to be disturbed or agitated