大驚失色

Chinese

		to be shocked; to be very surprised	to turn pale; to lose color; to be discolored
trad. (大驚失色)		大驚	失色
simp. (大惊失色)		大惊	失色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjīngshīsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ging¹ sat¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjīngshīsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjingshihsè
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ching¹-shih¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: dà-jīng-shr̄-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjingshyseh
    • Palladius: дацзиншисэ (daczinšisɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ging¹ sat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: daaih gīng sāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ging¹ sat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ging¹ sed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

大驚失色

1. to turn pale with fright