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syunˎ₄
船
meiˏ₅
尾
Pinyin:
chuan2 wei3
Translations
noun
stern
syunˎ₄
船
tauˎ₄
頭
fongˉ¹
慌
gwaiˊ²
鬼
syunˎ₄
船
meiˏ₅
尾
fongˉ¹
慌
caakˍ₆
賊
简 船头慌鬼船尾慌贼
Pinyin:
chuan2 tou2 huang1 gui3 chuan2 wei3 huang1 zei2
Translations
noun
前怕狼後怕虎 [華] 畏首畏尾
noun
easily scared; being a worrywart; have cold feet; too timid or pessimistic to make a firm decision
noun
to fear a ghost at the bow and a robber at the stern
noun
船頭驚鬼船尾驚賊, 船頭怕鬼船尾怕賊
syunˎ₄
船
tauˎ₄
頭
gengˉ¹
驚
gwai2,
鬼
，
syunˎ₄
船
meiˏ₅
尾
gengˉ¹
驚
caakˍ₆
賊
简 船头惊鬼，船尾惊贼
Pinyin:
chuan2tou2 jing1 gui3, chuan2wei3 jing1 zei2
Translations
noun
to be too cowardly to make a firm decision [colloquial]
idiom
Afraid of ghosts at the bow and thieves at the stern; caught between two dangers.
idiom
Afraid of ghosts at the bow, afraid of thieves at the stern; caught between two dangers.