不寒而栗
bù​hán'ér​lì

to tremble with fear

  • created reference approved 不寒而栗/不寒而慄 → 粟 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不寒而栗 / 不寒而慄 bù​hán'ér​lì

    粟 sù

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 不寒而栗/不寒而慄 · bù​hán'ér​lì · to tremble with fear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不寒而栗 / 不寒而慄

    bù​hán'ér​lì

    to tremble with fear

    Literally "to shiver though not cold"; to be terrified or to shudder with fear (often confused with [[粟|粟|su4]])

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 寒 (literal) → 寒 · hán · cold 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 栗 (literal) → 栗/慄 · lì · to tremble

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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