闻风丧胆 — Chinese idiom
闻风丧胆
wén fēng sàng dǎn
Traditional: 聞風喪膽
Meaning
- hear the wind and lose gall ; terror-stricken at the news
Character by character
- 闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 丧sàngmourning; mourn; funeral
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
Idioms sharing a character
- 不闻不问 bù wén bù wèn
- 充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén
- 前所未闻 qián suǒ wèi wén
- 博物洽闻 bó wù qià wén
- 博识洽闻 bó shí qià wén
- 喜闻乐见 xǐ wén lè jiàn
- 如是我闻 rú shì wǒ wén
- 惨不忍闻 cǎn bù rěn wén
- 所见所闻 suǒ jiàn suǒ wén
- 旷古未闻 kuàng gǔ wèi wén
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