縮頭烏龜
suō​tóu​wū​guī

coward

  • created sense approved 缩头乌龟/縮頭烏龜 · suō​tóu​wū​guī · coward — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    缩头乌龟 / 縮頭烏龜

    suō​tóu​wū​guī

    coward

    a turtle that pulls its head in; used to describe a cowardly person who hides from responsibility or avoids facing reality

    缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to pull back 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head 乌龟 (literal) → 乌龟/烏龜 · wū​guī · coward

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

    created sense