strike terror in one 's heart(hún fēi dǎn pò)

strike terror in one 's heart

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú NF ē ID ǎ NP ò, which means extremely scared. It's the same as "the soul is broken". From the history of Zen.

Idiom explanation

Explanation: it describes extreme fear. It's the same as "the soul is broken".

Idioms and allusions

[source]: the 34th chapter of the true history of Zen written by Fang Ruhao of Ming Dynasty: "Tian Longqiu heard that he was so scared that he let his horse escape."

Discrimination of words

[pinyin code]: hfdp [synonym]: scared to death, scared to death, scared to death [usage]: used as predicate, attribute, adverbial; refers to fear

Chinese PinYin : hún fēi dǎn pò