Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「驚愕失色」, with details below.
The featured idiom 「驚愕失色」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Pale: To become pale due to shock or fear. His expression changed with horror. Describes being extremely surprised.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīng è shī sè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
geng1 ngok6 sat1 sik1
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