趑趄嗫嚅 — Chinese idiom
趑趄嗫嚅
zī jū niè rú
Traditional: 趑趄囁嚅
Meaning
- faltering steps, mumbling speech ; hesitant
- cringing
- to cower
Character by character
- 趑zīto falter; to be unable to move
- 趄jūweak, lame
- 嗫nièto move the lips as if speaking; hesitation
- 嚅rúto mumble, to stutter
Idioms sharing a character
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