唯恐
wéi kǒng
Pinyin

Definition

唯恐
 - 
wéi kǒng
  1. for fear that
  2. lest
  3. also written 惟恐

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唯一
wéi yī
  1. 1 only
  2. 2 sole
唯有
wéi yǒu
  1. 1 only
恐怖
kǒng bù
  1. 1 terrible
  2. 2 frightful
  3. 3 frightening
  4. 4 terror
  5. 5 terrorist
唯
wéi
  1. 1 -ism
  2. 2 only
  3. 3 alone
唯独
wéi dú
  1. 1 only
  2. 2 just (i.e. it is only that...)
  3. 3 all except
  4. 4 unique

Idioms (7)

任人唯亲
rèn rén wéi qīn
  1. 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
  2. 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
rèn rén wéi xián
  1. 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
唯利是图
wéi lì shì tú
  1. 1 to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything
  2. 2 self-seeking
唯恐天下不乱
wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn
  1. 1 to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
争先恐后
zhēng xiān kǒng hòu
  1. 1 striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another