令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles

CHARACTERS

令 lìng command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
发 fà issue, dispatch, send out; hair
指 zhǐ finger, toe; point, indicate