stand aghast

stand aghast

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is j ī ng è sh ī s è, meaning to change one's face in fear. I was very surprised. It comes from a new edition of Pinghua on the history of the Five Dynasties, history of the Tang Dynasty, Volume I.

Analysis of Idioms

Panic and Disgrace

Idiom usage

The words spread to song Liangzhen's ears immediately. He was so frightened that he lost his color and burst into tears. The 59th chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

According to the newly edited Pinghua of the history of the Five Dynasties, the first volume of the history of the Tang Dynasty, "Khitan was rejected by ten thousand people of the Ma army, and all the officers and men were stunned."