to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)
吓
=
下
+
口
:
Hamlet (h) is standing on top of a ladder (下) and is threatening (吓) to jump down on the very last mandarin (口) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) should his demands not be fulfilled.
吓
=
下
+
口
:
Marie Curie (xi) climbed a ladder (下) to reach a mandarin (口) which is stored on a very high shelf in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but half way up she remembers that she is terribly afraid of heights and is scared to death (吓).