杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
Pinyin
Definition
杯弓蛇影
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- lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
- overly fearful
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 influence
- 2 effect
- 3 to influence
- 4 to affect (usually adversely)
- 5 to disturb
- 6 classifier: 股 gǔ
- 1 influence
- 2 impact
- 1 to take a photograph
- 2 photography
- 3 to shoot (a movie)
- 1 cup
- 2 trophy cup
- 3 classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
Idioms (20)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
来无影,去无踪
- 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
Sample Sentences
杯弓蛇影
extremely suspicious