Chinese word dictionary

毛骨悚然

máo gǔ sǒng rán · to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold

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Word information

Simplified毛骨悚然

Traditional毛骨悚然

Pinyinmáo gǔ sǒng rán

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Character breakdown

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毛máo

hair, fur, feathers; coarse

骨gǔ

bone; skeleton; frame, framework

悚sǒng

scared, frightened

然rán

certainly; naturally; suddenly

How to learn 毛骨悚然

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Words with the same characters

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虽然suīrán

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)

当然dāngrán

only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt

毛máo

hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]); surname Mao

然后ránhòu

then; after that; afterwards

突然tūrán

sudden; abrupt; unexpected

羽毛球yǔmáoqiú

badminton; shuttlecock