heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened

heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NGX ī NP ò D ǎ n, which means that the heart is very shocked and scared. The source is potential husband on three styles.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Fu of the Han Dynasty wrote "on the three styles of potential husband:" therefore, those who want to change their customs will be shocked by their rewards and punishments, and the people will see them easily.

Analysis of Idioms

It's frightening

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attributive, or object