nǜ​suō

to shrink back

  • created sense approved 肭缩/肭縮 · nǜ​suō · to shrink back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肭缩 / 肭縮

    nǜ​suō

    to shrink back

    to cringe or draw back out of fear or timidity

    肭 (opaque) → 肭 · nà · (bound form) seal 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to recoil

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

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