







got a fright
was startled
jumped
He startled her and made her spill her drink.
She looked as if the photographer had caught her by surprise.

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Open the tool →吓了一跳 (xià le yí tiào) means “got a fright, was startled, jumped”.
吓了一跳 is pronounced xià le yí tiào in Mandarin Chinese.
“got a fright” is 吓了一跳 (xià le yí tiào) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 吓了一跳, each with pinyin and an English translation.