The Chinese word **吓倒** is a verb-object compound formed by combining the verb **吓** (xià, meaning "to scare" or "to frighten") with the resultative complement **倒** (dǎo, meaning "to fall" or "to collapse"). In this construction, **倒** does not signify a literal physical fall but acts as an intensifier, indicating that the action of scaring has reached a successful or extreme result—namely, a state of being overwhelmed, shocked, or thoroughly daunted. Thus, the combined meaning evolves from the literal sense of "scare until one falls" to the idiomatic meaning of **"to be shocked," "to be terrified," or "to be daunted."**