What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 惊讶 mean?

惊讶 jīngyà

surprised; amazed

Its characters

  1. 惊 jīng to startle
  2. 讶 yà surprised

In a sentence

听到这个消息,大家都很惊讶。 Everyone was surprised to hear the news.

最让人惊讶的是,文章里一共有二十个“之”字,王羲之竟然把每一个都写得不一样。

From 王羲之和《兰亭序》 · Wang Xizhi and the Orchid Pavilion Preface

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