惊弓之鸟 jīnggōngzhīniǎo an easily frightened person Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 惊弓之鸟 驚弓之鳥 jīnggōngzhīniǎo an easily frightened person A person who has been previously traumatized or startled and is now fearful of any slight movement or noise; literally "a bird startled by the sound of a bow". Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.467 per million Cross-References Classifier 只 zhīSynonym 伤弓之鸟 shānggōngzhīniǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
惊弓之鸟 驚弓之鳥 jīnggōngzhīniǎo an easily frightened person A person who has been previously traumatized or startled and is now fearful of any slight movement or noise; literally "a bird startled by the sound of a bow". Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.467 per million Cross-References Classifier 只 zhīSynonym 伤弓之鸟 shānggōngzhīniǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)