heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī ngsh é NP ò D ǎ n, which means to describe extreme fear. From Yunxi Youyi.
The origin of Idioms
In the volume of Yunxi Youyi written by Fan Yu of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "all the judgments, or the sudden events, are startled."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used of great fear.
Chinese PinYin : jīng shén pò dǎn
heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened
defeat a force with a tenderness. yǐ róu zhì gāng
Let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend. bǎi huā qí fàng,bǎi jiā zhēng míng
the widower , the widow , the orphan and the childless. guān guǎ gū dú
the hills totter and the earth quakes. shān yáo dì dòng
look after the masses as if they were injured -- love the people. shì mín rú shāng