heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j ī NGX ī NLI è D ǎ n, which means that you are shocked and scared. From midnight.
The origin of Idioms
"It has been two or three days since he came to Shanghai," said Mao Dun in midnight. "However, his fear in the front-line artillery fire and his misgivings and grievances at that time when he was captured by the enemy have not completely faded from his meninges."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attributive, or object; used in fear.
Chinese PinYin : jīng xīn liè dǎn
heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened
Lions and elephants fight rabbits with all their strength. shī xiàng bó tù,jiē yòng quán lì
have a boundless good flavour. qí wèi wú qióng
It's hard to paint a tiger without skin. huà hǔ huà pí nán huà gǔ
A wrong name makes a wrong speech. míng bù zhèng,yán bù shùn