令人发指

Traditional: 令人髮指

lìng rén fà zhǐ

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

What does 令人发指 mean?

令人发指 (lìng rén fà zhǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

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令língused in 脊令[ji2 ling2] · used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]发fāto send out · to show (one's feeling)指zhǐfinger · to point at or to

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令人发指

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