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| Processed by: | richwarm (2014-12-31 13:30:33 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 46604 - submitted by '15113278' >> 形容災禍頻頻,一個晚上受機次驚嚇. "他們一家幾口,這些日子嘗盡苦楚,敵人常常突然施檢查,一夕數驚". "一夕數驚" in this case is used to describe the terror the family felt in one night by the interrogative methods their enemies were using to terrorize them. 10 Million hits on Google Editor: In actual usage it doesn't seem to be about "one night", even though that's the literal meaning. |
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# 一夕數驚 一夕数惊 [yi1 xi1 shu4 jing1] /To have many scares in one night/ + 一夕數驚 一夕数惊 [yi1 xi1 shu4 jing1] /one scare after another (idiom)/in a constant state of tension/ |