shēng​pà HSK7

for fear that

生怕 shēng​pà
for fear that verb
lest; so as to avoid; used to indicate an action taken to prevent a negative consequence

He closed the door carefully, for fear of disturbing the neighbors.

fear verb
to be afraid or extremely nervous about a specific outcome or possibility

He was on edge all night, for fear that he would fail the exam.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.510 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
5.96 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
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