to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
trad. 畏縮不前
Also written 畏縮不前【wèi suō bù qián】
Characters in this word
4畏
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to fear
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8010 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
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500