guǐ​pà'è​rén

the wicked fear those who are even worse

  • created sense approved 鬼怕恶人/鬼怕惡人 · guǐ​pà'è​rén · the wicked fear those who are even worse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鬼怕恶人 / 鬼怕惡人

    guǐ​pà'è​rén

    the wicked fear those who are even worse

    used as a metaphor to describe how an evil person is intimidated by someone even more ruthless or fierce than themselves

    鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 怕 (literal) → 怕 · pà · to fear 恶人 (literal) → 恶人/惡人 · è​rén · villain

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 鬼怕恶人/鬼怕惡人 · guǐ​pà'è​rén · be brave in the face of an enemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鬼怕恶人 / 鬼怕惡人

    guǐ​pà'è​rén

    be brave in the face of an enemy

    to act with courage when confronting a formidable opponent, based on the idea that even evil things back down before strength

    鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 怕 (literal) → 怕 · pà · to fear 恶人 (literal) → 恶人/惡人 · è​rén · villain

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

    created sense