(lit.) to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom); (fig.) to be terrified at the thought (of it)
trad. 談虎色變
Also written 談虎色變【tán hǔ sè biàn】
Characters in this word
4谈
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surname Tan
- Pinyin
- Tán
- Traditional
- 談
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 726 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500
色
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color, CL:種|种[zhong3], look, appearance, sex
- Pinyin
- sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 7502 of 2500
变
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to change, to become different, to transform, to vary, rebellion
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Traditional
- 變
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1186 of 2500