心sam1有jau5餘jyu4悸gwai3

simp心有余悸

sam1 jau5 jyu4 gwai3xīn yǒu yú jì

English

to have lingering fears
still frightened
trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)

粵語 — Cantonese

心入面重係覺得驚

Examples

我一年前撞車差啲冇命，而家諗起都重係心有餘悸！
I almost got killed in a car accident a year ago. Now I'm still frightened when I think of it!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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