畏缩不前 — Chinese idiom
畏缩不前
wèi suō bù qián
Traditional: 畏縮不前
Meaning
- to shrink back in fear ; too cowardly to advance
Character by character
- 畏wèifear, dread, awe, reverence
- 缩suōto withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
Idioms sharing a character
- 不畏强暴 bù wèi qiáng bào
- 不畏强权 bù wèi qiáng quán
- 人言可畏 rén yán kě wèi
- 后生可畏 hòu shēng kě wèi
- 望而生畏 wàng ér shēng wèi
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
- 视为畏途 shì wéi wèi tú
- 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí
- 缩手缩脚 suō shǒu suō jiǎo
- 缩衣节食 suō yī jié shí
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