heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī ngsh é NP ò D ǎ n, which means to describe extreme fear. From Yunxi Youyi.
The origin of Idioms
In the volume of Yunxi Youyi written by Fan Yu of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "all the judgments, or the sudden events, are startled."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used of great fear.
heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened
There is an unexpected situation - tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún
be confused like a tangle of flax - máng wú duān xù
Water your back with cold water - lěng shuǐ jiāo bèi
to have a fancy for prostitutes - rě cǎo zhān huā