Results for “怕”

to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps

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to be afraid / to be scared

awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly

fear / to dread / I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe

even / even if / even though / no matter how

fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though

to be afraid

timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble

(idiom) apprehensive / alarmed / anxious

I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely

to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to

to be scared of dying

afraid to die (contemptuous term)

fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children)

to be ticklish

coy / shy / bashful

henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb

see 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳[yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng]

(lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / (fig.) once bitten, twice shy

he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night / you can rest with a clear conscience

better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb) / fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority

it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)

(saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent

much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)

see 天下無難事，只怕有心人|天下无难事，只怕有心人[tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén]

an expert always produces the best work (idiom)

lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price

lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power

see 初生牛犢不怕虎|初生牛犊不怕虎[chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ]

lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless

lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds

(lit.) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / (fig.) persistence will overcome

fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless

the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for

lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress

(lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying) / (fig.) a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences