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Gaping is a Chinese idiom, pronounced m ù D è NGK ǒ UD ā I, which describes the appearance of being stunned or stupefied because of surprise or fear or excitement. It comes from Yuan Wumingshi's earning Kuai Tong.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: gaping, gaping, stupefied, panicked [antonym]: leisurely, calm, calm

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and complement to describe a surprised look. Chapter 9 of the romance of the gods by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty: the second generals of yin and Lei were stunned and did not know what to say when they saw the drastic changes of the officials. < li > < li > in the 30th chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in Ming Dynasty, wu song was stunned and called Dequ. < / Li > < li > Chapter 94 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "sheyue and others ask questions separately according to their words, but everyone is not aware of them, and everyone is surprised. She Yue and so on come back, all gape, peep at each other < li > < li > Lu Xun's preface to three idle episodes: "I was stunned by blood in February and July and left Guangdong."

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, the first discount of Wu Mingshi's "earning Kuai Tong" was: "he was so scared that he couldn't move."

Idiom story

In the early Western Han Dynasty, Han Xin was granted the title of king of Qi. The prime minister, Xiao He, worried that Han Xin had too much military power, so he asked fan Kuai to discuss with him. Fan Kuai was so proud that he even boasted about how he defeated Xiang Yu. He was so scared that he was stunned that he kept his master. In the face of Han Xin, who is hungry and helpless in Huaiyin, just ask one or two people to cut him off