惊人
jīng rén
Pinyin

Definition

惊人
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jīng rén
  1. astonishing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
世人
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
丢人
diū rén
  1. 1 to lose face
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
主人
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor
乱世佳人
Luàn shì Jiā rén
  1. 1 Gone with the Wind (film)
人事
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
人人
rén rén
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 every person
人们
rén men
  1. 1 people
人儿
rén r5
  1. 1 figurine
人力
rén lì
  1. 1 manpower
  2. 2 labor power
人参
rén shēn
  1. 1 ginseng
人口
rén kǒu
  1. 1 population
  2. 2 people

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural
人云亦云
rén yún yì yún
  1. 1 to say what everyone says (idiom)
  2. 2 to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view
  3. 3 to follow the herd

Sample Sentences

是啊，不出门的话，就可以网购了，我已经完全爱上了这种购物方式，深陷其中无法自拔，最让我尖叫的是，快递的速度实在太惊人了，今天下单，明天就送货上门。
shì a ，bù chūmén dehuà ，jiù kěyǐ wǎnggòu le ，wǒ yǐjīng wánquán àishàng le zhèzhǒng gòuwù fāngshì ，shēn xiàn qízhōng wúfǎzìbá ，zuì ràng wǒ jiānjiào de shì ，kuàidì de sùdù really tài jīngrén le ，jīntiān xiàdān ，míngtiān jiù sònghuò shàngmén 。
Yeah. You can buy things online without leaving your house. I've already completely fallen in love with this form of shopping and I can't kick the habit. What really thrills me is that the delivery speed is astounding. If I purchase something today, the goods arrive tomorrow.
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你这个惊人的想法还是好好收着吧！免得吓着别人了。
nǐ zhège jīngrén de xiǎngfǎ háishi hǎohǎo shōu zhe ba ！miǎnde xiàzháo biéren le 。
Keep this shocking thought to yourself, don't scare the others.
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惊人
jīngrén
amazing, shocking
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我觉得你有惊人的颜值。
wǒ juéde nǐ yǒu jīngrén de yánzhí 。
I think you have a shocking face value.
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惊人的食量
jīngrén de shíliàng
shocking appetite
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惊人的结果
jīngrén de jiéguǒ
shocking results
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惊人的举动
jīngrén de jǔdòng
shocking behavior
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你听说过福建有个“偷渡村”吗？那里有很悠久的移民史，从60年代以后，那里有很多人纷纷偷渡去美国打工，所以那个地区的华侨数量多得惊人。
nǐ tīngshuō guò fújiàn yǒu gè “tōudù cūn ”ma ？nàlǐ yǒu hěn yōujiǔ de yímínshǐ ，cóng liùshí niándài yǐhòu ，nàlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén fēnfēn tōudù qù měiguó dǎgōng ，suǒyǐ nàge dìqū de huáqiáo shùliàng duō de jīngrén 。
Do you know that Fujian has a whole village dedicated to people smuggling? There is a long history of emigration from the village, as from the 1960s onwards, batch after batch of people have been smuggled to America to work, resulting in a shocking number of people there who hold American passports.
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是啊，现在的婚姻真的很脆弱。好多人都过分强调个人感情，追求一时的新鲜和刺激。什么网恋、婚外情、一夜情、还有闪婚，社会上的诱惑实在太多了，好多人都抵挡不住。所以现在中国人的感情出轨机率高得惊人。我有一个朋友结婚才一年就有了婚外情，接着就是夫妻俩闹离婚。
shì ā ，xiànzài de hūnyīn zhēnde hěn cuìruò 。hǎoduō rén dōu guòfèn qiángdiào gèrén gǎnqíng ，zhuīqiú yīshí de xīnxiān hé cìjī 。shénme wǎngliàn 、hūnwàiqíng 、yīyèqíng 、hái yǒu shǎnhūn ，shèhuì shàng de yòuhuò shízài tài duō le ，hǎoduō rén dōu dǐdǎng búzhù 。suǒyǐ xiànzài zhōngguórén de gǎnqíng chūguǐ jīlǜ gāo de jīngrén 。wǒ yǒu yī ge péngyou jiéhūn cái yī nián jiù yǒu le hūnwàiqíng ，jiēzhe jiùshì fūqī liǎ nào líhūn 。
Yeah, marriages today are really fragile. A lot of people care too much about personal emotion, so they go looking for something fresh and stimulating for a short time. So now China has a surprisingly high level of failed relationships. I have a friend who had an affair after just a year of marriage. Then he and his wife had a big fight, and got divorced.
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据本台记者了解，哥斯拉非常庞大，力量惊人。
jù běn tái jìzhě liǎojiě ，Gēsīlā fēicháng pángdà ，lìliang jīngrén 。
Our reporter tells us that Godzilla is huge, with terrifying strength.
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