khốc quỷ kinh thần

Definition

1. Idiom (Thành ngữ):
   • To make demons weep and gods tremble: Describes something so terrifying, shocking, or extreme in its horror or cruelty that it would cause supernatural beings to cry out in despair and be struck with fear. It conveys an ultimate degree of frightfulness or atrocity.

Usage Examples

• Idiom:
  • Cảnh tượng chiến trường sau trận đánh thật là khốc quỷ kinh thần. (The scene on the battlefield after the fight was truly one to make demons weep and gods tremble.)
  • Âm thanh đó nghe như tiếng khốc quỷ kinh thần trong đêm. (That sound in the night was like the weeping of demons and the trembling of gods.)

Advanced Usage

• This idiom is typically used in literary, descriptive, or dramatic contexts to emphasize the profound horror of a situation, event, or sound. It is not used in casual, everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Kinh thiên động địa: An idiom meaning "to shake heaven and earth," often used for something massively impactful or shocking, but not exclusively focused on horror.
• Rùng rợn: An adjective meaning "gruesome," "ghastly," or "horrifying."

Synonyms

• Soul-chilling: Causing intense terror.
• Unspeakably horrifying: Too awful to be described in words.
• Appalling: Shockingly terrible.

Related Idioms

• Ma thiêng nước độc: Refers to a dangerously haunted or cursed place, implying supernatural danger rather than a scene of active horror.
• Thất kinh hồn vía: To be scared out of one's wits; to be terrified. This focuses on the human reaction rather than the cause.