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Chinese

駭人聽聞

/xaɪ̯⁵¹ ɻən³⁵ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible
  • 駭人聞聽
  • 骇人听闻
  • 骇人闻听
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Origin

The phrase is formed from four characters. The character 駭 means "to be startled" and consists of the semantic component 馬 (horse) and the phonetic component 亥 (grass root). The character 人 means "man," "person," or "people."

The remaining part of the phrase involves the characters 聽 and 聞. The character 聽, meaning "to listen," "to hear," or "to listen to (radio, etc.)," contains the semantic components 耳 (ear) and 㥁, along with the phonetic component 𡈼 (the original form of 挺) and the component 口 (mouth). The character 聞, meaning "to hear" or "to listen," incorporates the semantic component 耳 (ear) and the phonetic component 門 (gate, door, entrance, opening, or portal).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

這個詞由四個漢字組成。「駭」字意為驚嚇，由「馬」作為意義組成部分，並以「亥」作為聲音組成部分。「人」指人或人們。「聽」字包含「耳」、「口」與「㥁」作為意義組成部分，並以「𡈼」（即「挺」的原型）作為聲音組成部分。「聞」字則包含「耳」作為意義組成部分，並以「門」作為聲音組成部分。

從字面結構來看，該詞結合了驚嚇、人、聽與聞。根據《國語辭典》，這個詞組用來描述某種情況讓人聽聞後感到極度震驚。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese駭 “to be startled”
    • meaningChinese馬 “horse (Classifier: 匹 m c; 隻／只 m c h mn; 條／条 h)”
    • soundChinese亥 “grass root”
  • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese聽 “to listen; to hear; to listen to (radio, etc.)”
    • ideaChinese耳 “ear”
    • soundChinese𡈼 “original form of 挺 (tǐng)”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese㥁
  • characterChinese聞 “to hear; to listen”
    • soundChinese門 “gate; door; entrance; opening; portal (Classifier: 扇 m mn; 道 m c; 度 c; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 片 mn)”
Wiktionary etymology text

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Meanings

phrase
  1. shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 令人聽了十分震驚。 例：非洲地區因為天災人禍相尋不斷，每天有大批的人餓死、病死，真是駭人聽聞。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0