怯声怯气 — Chinese idiom
怯声怯气
qiè shēng qiè qì
Traditional: 怯聲怯氣
Meaning
- to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage
Character by character
- 怯qièafraid, lacking in courage
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 怯qièafraid, lacking in courage
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
Idioms sharing a character
- 大勇若怯 dà yǒng ruò qiè
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng
- 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
- 唉声叹气 āi shēng tàn qì
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
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