诚惶诚恐 — Chinese idiom
诚惶诚恐
chéng huáng chéng kǒng
Traditional: 誠惶誠恐
Meaning
- in fear and trepidation ; in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility)
Character by character
- 诚chénghonest, sincere, true; actually, really
- 惶huánganxious, nervous, uneasy
- 诚chénghonest, sincere, true; actually, really
- 恐kǒngfearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
Idioms sharing a character
- 一秉虔诚 yī bǐng qián chéng
- 心悦诚服 xīn yuè chéng fú
- 精诚所至 jīng chéng suǒ zhì
- 诚心实意 chéng xīn shí yì
- 诚心诚意 chéng xīn chéng yì
- 开诚布公 kāi chéng bù gōng
- 开诚相见 kāi chéng xiāng jiàn
- 人心惶惶 rén xīn huáng huáng
- 争先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
- 惊恐万状 jīng kǒng wàn zhuàng
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