杯弓蛇影 bēigōngshéyǐng to be extremely suspicious and fearful Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 杯弓蛇影 bēigōngshéyǐng to be extremely suspicious and fearful Literally "to see the reflection of a bow in a cup as a snake"; used to describe being jittery or suffering from groundless fears and unnecessary suspicions. Frequency Written text 0.074 per million Cross-References Synonym 风声鹤唳 fēngshēnghèlì草木皆兵 cǎomùjiēbīngAntonym 处之泰然 chǔzhītàiránVariant of 杯中蛇影 bēizhōngshéyǐng弓影杯蛇 gōngyǐngbēishé杯底逢蛇 bēidǐféngshé弓影浮杯 gōngyǐngfúbēi影中蛇 yǐngzhōngshéReferenced by 弓蛇 gōngshé Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
杯弓蛇影 bēigōngshéyǐng to be extremely suspicious and fearful Literally "to see the reflection of a bow in a cup as a snake"; used to describe being jittery or suffering from groundless fears and unnecessary suspicions. Frequency Written text 0.074 per million Cross-References Synonym 风声鹤唳 fēngshēnghèlì草木皆兵 cǎomùjiēbīngAntonym 处之泰然 chǔzhītàiránVariant of 杯中蛇影 bēizhōngshéyǐng弓影杯蛇 gōngyǐngbēishé杯底逢蛇 bēidǐféngshé弓影浮杯 gōngyǐngfúbēi影中蛇 yǐngzhōngshéReferenced by 弓蛇 gōngshé Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
