谈虎色变 — Chinese idiom
谈虎色变
tán hǔ sè biàn
Traditional: 談虎色變
Meaning
- (lit.) to turn pale at the mention of a tiger
- (fig.) to be terrified at the thought (of it)
Character by character
- 谈tánto talk, to chat; conversation; surname
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
- 变biànto change, to transform, to alter; rebel
Idioms sharing a character
- 促膝谈心 cù xī tán xīn
- 奇谈怪论 qí tán guài lùn
- 娓娓而谈 wěi wěi ér tán
- 混为一谈 hùn wéi yī tán
- 无稽之谈 wú jī zhī tán
- 无话不谈 wú huà bù tán
- 纸上谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng
- 老生常谈 lǎo shēng cháng tán
- 街谈巷议 jiē tán xiàng yì
- 言谈林薮 yán tán lín sǒu
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