created sense approved 鬼怕恶人/鬼怕惡人 · guǐpà'èrén · the wicked fear those who are even worse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鬼怕恶人 / 鬼怕惡人
guǐpà'èrén
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 · èrén · villain
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created sense approved 鬼怕恶人/鬼怕惡人 · guǐpà'èrén · be brave in the face of an enemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鬼怕恶人 / 鬼怕惡人
guǐpà'èrén
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 · èrén · villain
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition