不寒而栗 — Chinese idiom
不寒而栗
bù hán ér lì
Traditional: 不寒而慄
Meaning
- lit. not cold, yet shivering
- fig. to tremble with fear
- to be terrified
Character by character
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 栗lìchestnut tree; chestnuts; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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