令人髮指
Chinese edit
to make one; to cause people | one's hair bristling up with anger | ||
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trad. (令人髮指) | 令人 | 髮指 | |
simp. (令人发指) | 令人 | 发指 | |
Literally: “to make one's hair stand up”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
令人髮指
- (figurative) to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable
- (figurative, rare) frightening; scary; hair-raising