触 chù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
触目惊心
chùmùjīngxīn
shocking; appalling
Characters in this word
目 mù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
惊 jīng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 河里漂满了垃圾，那幅景象真是触目惊心。 Hé lǐ piāo mǎn le lājī, nà fú jǐngxiàng zhēn shì chùmùjīngxīn. The river was full of floating rubbish, and the sight was truly shocking.
- 干旱让河床裂成一块一块，看上去触目惊心。 Gānhàn ràng héchuáng liè chéng yí kuài yí kuài, kàn shàngqù chùmùjīngxīn. The drought cracked the riverbed into pieces, and it looked appalling.
- 他的体检报告上，好几个数字高得触目惊心。 Tā de tǐjiǎn bàogào shang, hǎo jǐ gè shùzì gāo de chùmùjīngxīn. On his medical check-up report, several numbers were alarmingly high.
Related words
- 接触 jiēchù to touch; to have contact with
- 触动 chùdòng to touch; to move; to affect
- 触犯 chùfàn to violate; to offend
- 触觉 chùjué sense of touch; tactile perception
- 触摸 chùmō to touch
- 抵触 dǐchù to conflict with; to resist
- 感触 gǎnchù feeling; impression; emotional response
- 节目 jiémù program; show
- 目的 mùdì goal; purpose
- 目标 mùbiāo goal
- 目前 mùqián now; at present
- 题目 tímù question; topic