畏首畏尾 wèishǒuwèiwěi to be overly cautious Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 畏首畏尾 wèishǒuwèiwěi to be overly cautious afraid of everything; scared of one's own shadow; to be excessively fearful and nervous due to overthinking consequences Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.388 per million Cross-References Antonym 大刀阔斧 dàdāokuòfǔSynonym 缩手缩脚 suōshǒusuōjiǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
畏首畏尾 wèishǒuwèiwěi to be overly cautious afraid of everything; scared of one's own shadow; to be excessively fearful and nervous due to overthinking consequences Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.388 per million Cross-References Antonym 大刀阔斧 dàdāokuòfǔSynonym 缩手缩脚 suōshǒusuōjiǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)