Coloumbian footballer Andrés Escobar scored an own goal which caused the NT to be knocked off. He was shot and killed after returning to the country. The incident shocked the whole world.
The death of superstar Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing shocked the entire city of Hong Kong then.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
这突如其来的消息使他大为震惊。
這突如其來的消息使他大為震驚。
zhè tū rú qí lái de xiāo xī shǐ tā dà wéi zhèn jīng .
This sudden news caused him great shock.
Mandarin
这次地震发生在当地时间凌晨,人们还在睡梦中被山崩地裂般的地震惊醒,无数房屋在一瞬间轰然倒坍,许多人猝不及防就死于梦中。
這次地震發生在當地時間凌晨,人們還在睡夢中被山崩地裂般的地震驚醒,無數房屋在一瞬間轟然倒坍,許多人猝不及防就死於夢中。
zhè cì dì zhèn fā shēng zài dāng dì shí jiān líng chén , rén men hái zài shuì mèng zhōng bèi shān bēng dì liè bān de dì zhèn jīng xǐng , wú shù fáng wū zài yī shùn jiān hōng rán dǎo tān , xǔ duō rén cù bù jí fáng jiù sǐ yú mèng zhōng .
This time, the earthquake occurred before dawn local time. People were still sound asleep when they were jolted awake by a massively destructive earthquake. In an instant, countless houses had collapsed, and many people had died in their sleep with no time to react.
Mandarin
昨天发生了一件天大的事,震惊了全世界。
昨天發生了一件天大的事,震驚了全世界。
zuó tiān fā shēng le yī jiàn tiān dà de shì , zhèn jīng le quán shì jiè .
Something huge happened yesterday that shocked the world.