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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

吓人 [xiàrén]
  1. 1. be frightening
    山洞又黑又深,进去可真吓人
    It was really frightening to get into that deep and pitch dark cave.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

吓人 [xiàrén]
  1. 1. 使人害怕
    别做鬼脸吓人
  2. 2. 可怕
    这么大的风怪吓人的。

Examples

摆出一副吓人的架势
assume an intimidating posture
夜里,虎啸猿啼的声音很吓人
At night,the roaring of tigers, and monkeys are quite frightening.
用火针排毒听起来很吓人,其实并不痛。
Ignipuncture sounds frightening, but actually it doesn't hurt at all.
人的死相太吓人了,我不敢看。
The face of the dead is too terrible, so I dare not look.
老虎驯顺的在笼子里睡觉呢,一点都不吓人
The tiger doesn't look frightening at all when it is sleeping tamely in the cage.
她晚上总是打扮得冶容吓人
She always makes up seductively at night.
那部电影真吓人
That film is quite frightening.

Word Decomposition


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