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  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
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  *吃* | 吃* | *吃
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
HSK 1
to be startled / to be shocked / to be amazed
HSK 4
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
to shock / to astonish
HSK 5
to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *震* | 震* | *震
to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder /
HSK 7-9
to shake / to vibrate / to strongly affect / shock / vibration
HSK 7-9
(medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock
HSK 7-9
to shake / to shock / to stun / shocking / stunning / shock
HSK 7-9
interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
HSK 7-9
lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight
HSK 7-9
with astonishment / with a shock / awe-inspiringly / impressively / furiously (angry)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雷* | 雷* | *雷
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
shock absorption / damping
shock absorption / vibration dampening
electric shock
with a sudden shock, bang etc
to raise eyebrows / to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation) / shocked / surprised
to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock
to be shocked / to be appalled / to be terrified
overwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement / dumbstruck / aghast
to shake up / to deal a shock / (fig.) to stir (sb's heart)
to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
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  *囧* | 囧* | *囧
(archaic) light, bright (variant of ) / (since c. 2005) (slang) emoticon signifying embarrassment, shock, helplessness etc
calamitous turn of events / (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc; to turn deathly pale
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怛* | 怛* | *怛
distressed / alarmed / shocked / grieved
muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
to have just recovered from a shock
lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight / also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心
to faint from fear / to be frightened into fits / shell-shocked
to be shocked to learn
to electrocute / to die from an electric shock
(HK) electric shock; electroshock
shock wave / blast wave
shock-resistant
shock-absorber
culture shock
shock wave
anaphylactic shock
to shock / to amaze
(literary) to tremble with fear / to shock
unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
in a catatonic state / shocked and stunned (idiom)
to shock the whole world


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