hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
trad. 聞風喪膽
Also written 聞風喪膽【wén fēng sàng dǎn】
Characters in this word
4闻
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Traditional
- 聞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4042 of 2500
风
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wind, news, style, custom, manner, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Traditional
- 風
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2842 of 2500
丧
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mourning, funeral, (old) corpse
- Pinyin
- sāng
- Traditional
- 喪
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 42524 of 2500
胆
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gall bladder, courage, guts, gall, inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
- Pinyin
- dǎn
- Traditional
- 膽
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 15530 of 2500