(lit.) one scare after another in a single night (idiom); (fig.) to live in fear
trad. 一夕數驚
Also written 一夕數驚【yī xī shù jīng】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
夕
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(bound form) sunset; dusk, (bound form) evening; night, Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 42359 of 2500
数
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to count, to count as; to regard as, to enumerate; to list
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Traditional
- 數
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 4576 of 2500
惊
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to startle, to be frightened, to be scared, alarm
- Pinyin
- jīng
- Traditional
- 驚
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 19203 of 2500