卻步
què​bù

to step back

  • created sense approved 却步/卻步 · què​bù · to step back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    却步 / 卻步

    què​bù

    to step back

    to step back or shrink back in fear or hesitation; to hang back because of difficulty or dislike

    却, 步

    却 (literal) → 却/卻 · què · to retreat 步 (literal) → 步 · bù · step

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

    created sense