# 大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng) means “to be shocked; taken aback”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be shocked; taken aback
- Pinyin: dàchīyījīng (da4 chi1 yi1 jing1)
- Traditional: 大吃一驚
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 听到这个消息大家都大吃一惊。
  Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi dàjiā dōu dàchīyìjīng.
  Everyone was shocked to hear the news.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- [吃](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-eat/) (chī): to eat
- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [惊](https://hanziro.com/word/jing-startle/) (jīng): to startle; to be scared

https://hanziro.com/word/da-chi-yi-jing-be-shocked/

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