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Sep 16, 2007 02:50
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Chinese term
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摄人心魄
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Hello,
I don't understand why the 摄 is there.
Here's the context: 史前灾难现场摄人心魄
Your suggestions are appreciated as always!
I don't understand why the 摄 is there.
Here's the context: 史前灾难现场摄人心魄
Your suggestions are appreciated as always!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | shocking |
Jinhang Wang
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| 4 +2 | terrify somebody |
redred
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| 4 +1 | caught all of sudden with tremendous shock |
James_xia
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| 3 | to shatter one's heart |
franksf
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Proposed translations
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shocking
感觉这里主要是令人震惊的意思
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Xiaoping Fu
: Or breathtaking?
1 hr
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| neutral |
Bin Tiede (X)
: breathtaking can only be applied in a positive way. It is not proper in the context.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I understand the meaning of this phrase and how to use it so much better now, thanks to you all! "Shocking" is best for my context, but I'm sure there are other situations where the other suggestions would be more appropriate."
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40 mins
terrify somebody
The accident scares people.
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52 mins
caught all of sudden with tremendous shock
The phase 摄人心魄 itself is an idom, usually dilvering some kind quite speical sensation at something suddenly caught in the eyes.
摄 in 摄人心魄 means converged or caught all of sudden with tremendous shock. Sometimes in the Chinese classical novel, we might read: 此女有一种摄人心魄的美， refering a kind of amazing beauty of a lady, that can immediately catch the eyeballs of the watcher.
Hope this can be a bit helpful for your understanding of this phrase:)
摄 in 摄人心魄 means converged or caught all of sudden with tremendous shock. Sometimes in the Chinese classical novel, we might read: 此女有一种摄人心魄的美， refering a kind of amazing beauty of a lady, that can immediately catch the eyeballs of the watcher.
Hope this can be a bit helpful for your understanding of this phrase:)
17 hrs
to shatter one's heart
to shatter one's heart
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