胆小

膽小

dǎn xiǎo

HSK 5freq #12847

Meanings

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dǎn xiǎo

1.cowardice
2.timid

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Wiktionary

1.timid; cowardly

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Stroke order

Components

胆月旦

小㇚八

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Characters

Example sentences

老鼠是胆小的生物。
A mouse is a timid creature.
Tom 太胆小了以至于做不了任何事
Tom was too afraid to do anything.

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Derived terms

膽小如鼠胆小如鼠膽小怕事胆小怕事膽小鬼胆小鬼

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Related words

胆小鬼 coward 胆小如鼠 (idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless 撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的 fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)