WordTaiwan frequency #28,628
大驚失色
ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕ ㄙㄜˋ
“to turn pale with fright; to be so alarmed that one's face changes color”
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大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
驚
ㄐㄧㄥ
to startle or frighten; to be alarmed or scared; to be shocked or shaken; to be disturbed or agitated
失
ㄕ
To lose; to miss an opportunity or event; to fail; to make a mistake or error; to neglect; to be unable to find.
色
ㄙㄜˋ
Color; appearance or facial expression; beauty; desire; sensuality or lust; a scene or view.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 角色role; part in a play, film, or drama; a person's role or function in a group or organization.
- 特色ㄊㄜˋ ㄙㄜˋa distinctive feature; a unique characteristic; a special quality that sets something apart
- 大概ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋroughly; approximately; about; probably; general idea; rough estimate
- 大量ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋlarge quantity; great amount; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous; (Taiwan) big capacity for alcohol
- 失去ㄕ ㄑㄩˋto lose; to be deprived of; to no longer have.
- 重大ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋgreat; important; major; significant; of great consequence or seriousness
- 擴大ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋto expand; to enlarge; to broaden in scope; to scale up; to extend one's reach
- 大人ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊadult; grownup; a respectful title for elders, parents, or superiors; historically, a tribal chief in some northern peoples.
- 大型ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊlarge; large-scale; of great size or scale; major; big