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Here, we present the idiom 「劌心怵目」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It means shocking. See “eye-scarring and heart-frightening”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

guì xīn chù mù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gwai3 sam1 jeut1 muk6

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