弱不禁风 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) too weak to stand up to the wind
• (fig.) extremely delicate; fragile

Character by character

• 弱ruòweak, fragile, delicate
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 禁jīnto restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
• 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news

Idioms sharing a character

• 不甘示弱 bù gān shì ruò
• 以弱胜强 yǐ ruò shèng qiáng
• 以强凌弱 yǐ qiáng líng ruò
• 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
• 年老体弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò
• 弱肉强食 ruò ròu qiáng shí
• 恃强欺弱 shì qiáng qī ruò
• 扶弱抑强 fú ruò yì qiáng
• 文弱书生 wén ruò shū shēng
• 锄强扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò

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