怵目驚心

怵目惊心
chùmùjīngxīn
  1. lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
  2. horrible to see
  3. a ghastly sight
  4. also written 觸目驚心

CEDICT

眼見可怕的情景而使內心驚恐、害怕。形容十分恐怖。

重編國語辭典

觸目驚心／触目惊心(chùmùjīngxīn)之同義詞

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 怵 chù
  1. fearful
  2. timid
  3. to fear
2 目 mù
  1. eye
  2. (literary) to look; to regard
  3. eye (of a net); mesh
  4. mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數 mùshù)
  5. item; section
  6. list; catalogue
  7. (taxonomy) order
  8. name; title
3 驚心 jīngxīn
  1. staggering
  2. shocking
  3. frightened

Related entries

觸目驚心 chùmùjīngxīn
  1. lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
  2. horrible to see
  3. a ghastly sight