吓唬 | xià hu | to scare; to frighten | |
惊吓 | jīng xià | to frighten; to horrify; to terrify | |
杀鸡吓猴 | shā jī xià hóu | lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres | |
吓倒 | xià dǎo | to be frightened | |
吓坏 | xià huài | to be terrified; to terrify sb |
恐吓 | kǒng hè | to threaten; to menace | |
威吓 | wēi hè | to threaten; to intimidate; to cow | |
恫吓 | dòng hè | to intimidate; to threaten | |
单方恐吓 | dān fāng kǒng hè | unilateral threat | |
虚声恫吓 | xū shēng dòng hè | to threaten; to intimidate (idiom) |
1 | Someone knocked on the door and gave me a shock. | |
2 | This horror movie really scared me. | |
3 | The tall man seems a bit intimidating. | |
4 | He used harsh words to scare off those rude customers. | |
5 | The thunderbolt scared me. |