怵目驚心 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 怵目惊心 chùmùjīngxīn ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) shocking horrible to see a ghastly sight Character by character 怵(chù)fearful 目(mù)eye 驚(jīng)startle 心(xīn)heart Other words read chùmùjīngxīn In the same tone 觸目驚心 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0