"令人髮指" meaning in Chinese

See 令人髮指 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹ faːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 令人发指 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 令人髮指
  1. (figurative) to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-令人髮指-zh-phrase-eYlmLvm0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. (figurative, rare) frightening; scary; hair-raising Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, rare
    Sense id: en-令人髮指-zh-phrase-iNxSuDC~ Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fear Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 41 59 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Fear: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 怒髮衝冠 (nùfàchōngguān), 怒发冲冠 (nùfàchōngguān)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "令人发指",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "令人髮指",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to make one's hair stand up",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nùfàchōngguān",
      "word": "怒髮衝冠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nùfàchōngguān",
      "word": "怒发冲冠"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable"
      ],
      "id": "en-令人髮指-zh-phrase-eYlmLvm0",
      "links": [
        [
          "raise someone's hackles",
          "raise someone's hackles"
        ],
        [
          "arouse",
          "arouse"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive"
        ],
        [
          "objectionable",
          "objectionable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Fear",
          "orig": "zh:Fear",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frightening; scary; hair-raising"
      ],
      "id": "en-令人髮指-zh-phrase-iNxSuDC~",
      "links": [
        [
          "frightening",
          "frightening"
        ],
        [
          "scary",
          "scary"
        ],
        [
          "hair-raising",
          "hair-raising"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, rare) frightening; scary; hair-raising"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfàzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfǎzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfàzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfàjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁴-jên²-fa⁴-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìng-rén-fà-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "linqrenfahjyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linžɛnʹfačži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линжэньфачжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfǎzhǐ [Phonetic: lìngrénfázhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfǎjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁴-jên²-fa³-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìng-rén-fǎ-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "linqrenfaajyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linžɛnʹfačži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линжэньфачжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihng yàhn faat jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ jan⁴ faat⁸ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ yen⁴ fad³ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹ faːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "令人髮指"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 令",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 指",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 髮",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Fear"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "令人发指",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "令人髮指",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to make one's hair stand up",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nùfàchōngguān",
      "word": "怒髮衝冠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nùfàchōngguān",
      "word": "怒发冲冠"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raise someone's hackles",
          "raise someone's hackles"
        ],
        [
          "arouse",
          "arouse"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive"
        ],
        [
          "objectionable",
          "objectionable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frightening; scary; hair-raising"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frightening",
          "frightening"
        ],
        [
          "scary",
          "scary"
        ],
        [
          "hair-raising",
          "hair-raising"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, rare) frightening; scary; hair-raising"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfàzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfǎzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfàzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfàjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁴-jên²-fa⁴-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìng-rén-fà-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "linqrenfahjyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linžɛnʹfačži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линжэньфачжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfǎzhǐ [Phonetic: lìngrénfázhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìngrénfǎjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁴-jên²-fa³-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lìng-rén-fǎ-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "linqrenfaajyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "linžɛnʹfačži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "линжэньфачжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihng yàhn faat jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ jan⁴ faat⁸ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ yen⁴ fad³ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹ faːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "令人髮指"
}

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