to curl up shivering (from cold); timid and trembling (in fear); to shrink; to cower
trad. 瑟縮
Also written 瑟縮【sè suō】
Characters in this word
2瑟
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a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- Pinyin
- sè
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 13430 of 2500
缩
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to withdraw, to pull back, to contract, to shrink, to reduce, abbreviation, also pr. [su4]
- Pinyin
- suō
- Traditional
- 縮
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 37781 of 2500