你吓我一跳
“You scared me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不敢轻易使用妖力
“she's hesitating to use her magic.”
你吓我一跳
“You scared me!”
你不是有小唯的断尾吗？
“You have Xiaowei's broken tail, right?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Saying '你吓我一跳' serves both to blow off minor adrenaline and gently rebuke the other person for catching one off-guard without being genuinely hostile.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gave me a scare; startled me
Extremely frequent everyday colloquial chunk spoken immediately after someone startles or surprises you.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Scared you? You scared me!”
“You scared me to death coming in like that.”
“This little thing startled me.”
“I was terrified.”