膚橈目逃
fū​náo​mù​táo

cowardly

  • created reference approved 肤桡目逃/膚橈目逃 → 孟子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肤桡目逃 / 膚橈目逃 fū​náo​mù​táo

    孟子 mèng​zǐ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 肤桡目逃/膚橈目逃 · fū​náo​mù​táo · cowardly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肤桡目逃 / 膚橈目逃

    fū​náo​mù​táo

    cowardly

    (literary) to be timid; to flinch; to avert one's eyes from fear. Alluding to [[孟子|孟子|meng4 zi3]], where the warrior Bei Gongyou is described as not flinching even when his skin was pricked or his eyes poked

    肤 (literal) → 肤/膚 · fū · skin 桡 (literal) → 桡/橈 · náo · to yield 目逃 (literal) → 目逃 · mù​táo · to look away

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

    created sense