首鼠两端 — Chinese idiom
首鼠两端
shǒu shǔ liǎng duān
Traditional: 首鼠兩端
Meaning
- to hesitate
- to remain undecided
Character by character
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 鼠shǔrat, mouse
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 端duānend, extreme; head; beginning
Idioms sharing a character
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
- 痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu
- 白首齐眉 bái shǒu qí méi
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