回神

tā bèi xià huài le bàn tiān bù néng huí shén

她被吓坏了，半天不能回神。

She was frightened out of her senses and it took him quite a while to recover.

méi děng tā huí shén xiǎo tōu yǐ jīng táo yuǎn le

没等她回神，小偷已经逃远了。

Before she realized what had happened, the pickpocket had disappeared.

dāng tā huí shén zhī hòu bào xìn de rén zǎo yǐ pǎo yuǎn le

当他回神之后，报信的人早已跑远了。

When he recovered from the shock, the messenger was long gone.

wǒ jǐn zhāng de níng shì zhe yī gè dì fang sì hū guò le xǔ jiǔ wǒ cái huí shén

我紧张得凝视着一个地方，似乎过了许久，我才回神。

I nervously stared into space for what seemed like minutes until I regained my composure.