They were surprised.
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震惊
Traditional: 震驚
zhèn jīng
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 6
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zhèn jīng · zan3 ging1 (Jyutping)
- to shock
- to astonish
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
We were all pretty shocked.
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