担惊受怕 — Chinese idiom
担惊受怕
dān jīng shòu pà
Traditional: 擔驚受怕
Meaning
- apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
Character by character
- 担dānto bear, to carry; burden, responsibility
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 怕pàto fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
Idioms sharing a character
- 牵羊担酒 qiān yáng dān jiǔ
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 大惊失色 dà jīng shī sè
- 大惊小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài
- 心惊肉跳 xīn jīng ròu tiào
- 心惊胆战 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
- 怵目惊心 chù mù jīng xīn
- 打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé
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