心惊肉跳

lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster

Characters and words in 心惊肉跳

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.
fearful / apprehensive
to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm

= + : Somebody set off engine's alarm in the middle of the night and Joan of Arc arrives in a rush to scare away any intruder with a flail. She was in such a rush and so tired though that she forgot to put on her pants and arrives in front of the engine just wearing ridiculous underpants which feature a pattern of berets, mandarins and daisies.
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130

= + + : Robinson Crusoe (r) and two Neanderthal Men (人人) are having a picnic in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are sitting on a huge map (冂) and each of them devours a big, bloody piece of meat (肉).
to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) and the vulture (兆) are playing leapfrog (跳) inside of the aorta's bathroom (ao4) while wearing cowboy boots (⻊). They jump (跳) over each other without end.

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