胆小 (膽小)
dǎn xiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

胆小 (膽小)
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dǎn xiǎo
  1. cowardice
  2. timid

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
小事
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 classifier: 点 diǎn

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

在东方文化中，老鼠是一个不好的象征。例如，我们会说一个人胆小如鼠。
zài Dōngfāng wénhuà zhōng ，lǎoshǔ shì yī ge bùhǎo de xiàngzhēng 。lìrú ，wǒmen huì shuō yī ge rén dǎnxiǎorúshǔ 。
In Eastern culture, mice is not a good symbol. For example, we can say a person is timid as a rat.
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胆小鬼
dǎnxiǎoguǐ
coward
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真是个胆小鬼！越快越好，太刺激了！哎，怎么这么快就停了？
zhēn shì gè dǎnxiǎoguǐ ！yuè kuài yuè hǎo ，tài cìjī le ！āi ，zěnme zhème kuài jiù tíng le ？
What a wimp you are! The faster, the better! This is so exciting! Huh?! How come it stopped so soon?
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哈哈，没想到你这么胆小。按理说，你们外国人可是开车长大的。我们中国人还在骑自行车的时候，你们就会开车啦。论车技，论经验，应该比我们强多了。
hāhā ，méixiǎngdào nǐ zhème dǎnxiǎo 。ànlǐshuō ，nǐmen wàiguórén kěshì kāichē zhǎngdà de 。wǒmen Zhōngguórén hái zài qí zìxíngchē de shíhou ，nǐmen jiù huì kāichē la 。lùn chējì ，lùn jīngyàn ，yīnggāi bǐ wǒmen qiáng duō le 。
Ha ha, I had no idea you were such a coward. Normally, you foreigners drive cars growing up. While we Chinese are riding bicycles, you're driving. You should have a lot more experience and be a lot more skilled at driving than us.
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哎，你怎么跑了？你这个胆小鬼！
āi ，nǐ zěnme pǎo le ？nǐ zhè ge dǎnxiǎoguǐ ！
Ah, how can you run? You coward!
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